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 this day in history.  

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

1100  On December - 22 duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia  

1135  Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king on this day in history.  

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

1216  On this day in history pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus"  

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

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

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

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury on December - 22.  

1440  On December - 22 bluebeard, pirate, executed  

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer on this day in history.  

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

1465  Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik on December - 22.  

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 this day in history english scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal  

1550  On this day in history 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  On December - 22 ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die  

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1624  On December - 22 tomas Micieres, composer  

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

1642  On December - 22 pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente  

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 December - 22.  

1688  On this day in history pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York  

1689  On December - 22 heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck  

1696  On December - 22 james Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)  

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

1702  On December - 22 jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)  

1710  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

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

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

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

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

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

1100  On December - 22 death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia  

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

1440  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed  

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on this day in history.  

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  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)