Famous Deaths In December - 22
Wednesday, 04 October 2023
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 Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on December - 22.
1646 Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.
1660 On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)
1668 Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on December - 22.
1681 On this day in history death of richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611)
1708 On this day in history death of hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681)
1721 Death of Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery on December - 22.
1723 Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1738 Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1745 On December - 22 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66
1767 On this day in history john Newberry, English publisher, dies
1788 Death of Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714) on this day in history.
1797 Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1806 Death of William Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719) on this day in history.
1815 On December - 22 death of jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards
1828 On this day in history rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies
1832 On this day in history ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72
1863 On this day in history michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36
1867 On this day in history jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79
1870 Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871] on December - 22.
1874 Johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86 on December - 22.
1875 Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75 on December - 22.
1880 On December - 22 george Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday
1893 On this day in history benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91
1899 On this day in history dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies
1902 On this day in history richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62
1908 Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1913 Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1917 On December - 22 francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67
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