Historical Events In December - 22

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

0795  On December - 22 leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I  

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

1100  Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.  

1135  On this day in history norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king  

1193  On December - 22 saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)  

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

1337  On December - 22 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 December - 22.  

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

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

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

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

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 December - 22 charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen  

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

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

1624  On this day in history tomas Micieres, composer  

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

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

1643  On December - 22 rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana)  

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

1684  On December - 22 johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)  

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

1689  On this day in history heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck  

1696  On this day in history james Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)  

1700  On this day in history 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  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)  

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 this day in history.  

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  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  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.