Historical Events In December - 22

0401  On this day in history st Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

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

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

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  On December - 22 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  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) on this day in history.  

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

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

1440  On this day in history bluebeard, pirate, executed  

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

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

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

1536  On December - 22 english scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal  

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

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

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 December - 22.  

1643  On December - 22 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 this day in history.  

1689  Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on this day in history.  

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

1700  Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent on this day in history.  

1702  Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) on December - 22.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 December - 22.  

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

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

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

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

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

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  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 December - 22.