Historical Events In April - 22

1674  On this day in history netherlands & Munster sign peace treaty   

1676  Battle of Etna on this day in history.   

1677  On this day in history battle at Catania: between French & Dutch fleet   

1682  On this day in history willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter   

1690  On April - 22 john Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)   

1692  Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft on April - 22.   

1699  Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1707  On this day in history henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones)   

1722  19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed on this day in history.   

1722  On April - 22 pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies   

1724  On April - 22 the birth of Immanuel Kant, German philosopher   

1724  On this day in history immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)   

1728  Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris on April - 22.   

1766  The birth of Madame de Stael, French writer on April - 22.   

1769  On April - 22 madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress   

1773  Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader on April - 22.   

1775  On April - 22 georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen)   

1776  On this day in history johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67   

1778  On this day in history captain John Paul Jones of Ranger led landing party raid on Whitehaven, England   

1778  James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies on this day in history.   

1781  On April - 22 christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer   

1782  Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46   

1793  On April - 22 pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US   

1796  On this day in history napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi   

1799  On April - 22 jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure)   

1804  Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola on this day in history.   

1809  On April - 22 battle at Eckmuhl   

1816  Philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus) on this day in history.   

1817  Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight on this day in history.   

1818  On April - 22 cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1821  On April - 22 john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52   

1823  On April - 22 baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London   

1823  Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868 on this day in history.   

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1357  On April - 22 birth of johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)   

1451  Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus was born on April - 22.   

1610  Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91) was born on April - 22.   

1640  Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun was born on April - 22.   

1658  On April - 22 birth of giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8)   

1682  On April - 22 birth of willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter   

1690  John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42) was born on April - 22.   

1692  On this day in history birth of james Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)   

0296  On this day in history death of pope Caius   

0536  On this day in history agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies   

1253  Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53 on this day in history.   

1355  On this day in history eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36   

1462  On April - 22 gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies   

1521  Death of Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded on April - 22.   

1592  On April - 22 bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80   

1648  On this day in history catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69