Famous Deaths In December - 22

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.  

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.  

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.  

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III  

1603  On December - 22 mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37  

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on December - 22.  

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)  

1668  On this day in history stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies  

1681  Death of Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611) on December - 22.  

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1708  On December - 22 death of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681)  

1721  On this day in history death of nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery  

1723  Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1738  On December - 22 jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56  

1745  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1767  On December - 22 john Newberry, English publisher, dies  

1788  On December - 22 death of percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)  

1797  On this day in history giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74  

1806  On this day in history death of william Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719)  

1815  On December - 22 death of jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards  

1828  Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies on this day in history.  

1832  On December - 22 ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72  

1863  On December - 22 michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36  

1867  Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79 on December - 22.  

1870  On December - 22 constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871]  

1874  On this day in history johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86  

1875  On December - 22 nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75  

1880  George Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday on December - 22.  

1893  Benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91 on December - 22.  

1899  Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies on December - 22.  

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1908  On December - 22 marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44  

1913  On this day in history menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69  

1917  Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 on December - 22.  

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.  

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)  

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.  

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on this day in history.  

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on this day in history.  

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on December - 22.  

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.  

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on this day in history.