Historical Events In December - 22

0401  On December - 22 st Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0795  Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I on December - 22.  

1022  Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on December - 22.  

1100  On this day in history duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia  

1135  On December - 22 norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king  

1193  Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137) on this day in history.  

1216  Pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus" on December - 22.  

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.  

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

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

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1428  On December - 22 richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury  

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

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer on December - 22.  

1459  On December - 22 djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II  

1465  On this day in history peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik  

1515  On December - 22 mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland  

1523  On this day in history charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen  

1536  English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal on this day in history.  

1550  On December - 22 richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III  

1573  Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen on this day in history.  

1596  Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die on this day in history.  

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

1624  On December - 22 tomas Micieres, composer  

1639  On December - 22 the birth of Jean Racine, French playwright  

1642  Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente on this day in history.  

1643  On this day in history rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana)  

1668  On December - 22 stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies  

1684  Johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum) on this day in history.  

1688  Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York on this day in history.  

1689  On this day in history heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck  

1696  James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) on this day in history.  

1700  Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent on December - 22.  

1702  Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) on this day in history.  

1710  On December - 22 wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach  

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.  

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 this day in history.  

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury  

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

1459  On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II  

1515  On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland  

1523  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen  

1100  On this day in history death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia  

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.  

1419  On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies  

1440  On this day in history death of bluebeard, pirate, executed  

1550  On December - 22 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 this day in history.  

1646  On December - 22 death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)  

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on December - 22.