Historical Events In December - 22

0401  St Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0795  Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I on this day in history.  

1022  On this day in history elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)  

1100  Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.  

1135  Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king on December - 22.  

1193  Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137) on December - 22.  

1216  On December - 22 pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus"  

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

1400  On this day in history luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)  

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on December - 22.  

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

1440  Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.  

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

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

1465  On December - 22 peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik  

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland on December - 22.  

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

1536  On December - 22 english scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal  

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

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

1596  On this day in history ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die  

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on December - 22.  

1624  Tomas Micieres, composer on this day in history.  

1639  The birth of Jean Racine, French playwright on December - 22.  

1642  On this day in history pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente  

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

1668  On this day in history 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 December - 22.  

1689  Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on December - 22.  

1696  James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) on December - 22.  

1700  On December - 22 egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent  

1702  On this day in history jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)  

1710  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach on December - 22.  

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

1178  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)  

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

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

1523  On December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen  

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

1337  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54  

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

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.  

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

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37  

1646  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)  

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