Famous Deaths Happened In December - 22

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.   

1337  On this day in history daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

1419  On December - 22 john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

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

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on December - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on this day in history.   

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

1681  Death of Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611) on this day in history.   

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

1721  Death of Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70   

1738  On this day in history jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56   

1745  On this day in history 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 December - 22.   

1797  Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 on December - 22.   

1806  Death of William Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719) on December - 22.   

1815  Death of Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards on this day in history.   

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

1832  On this day in history ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72   

1863  Michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36 on December - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1875  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1893  On December - 22 benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91   

1899  On this day in history dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies   

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on December - 22.   

1908  Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 on December - 22.   

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on December - 22.   

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  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.   

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

1452  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

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 December - 22.   

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.