Historical Events In December - 22

0401  St Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 22.   

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  On this day in history duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

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

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

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

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

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

1440  On December - 22 bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1452  On December - 22 jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 22.   

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 December - 22.   

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  Tomas Micieres, composer on December - 22.   

1639  The birth of Jean Racine, French playwright on this day in history.   

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 this day in history stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies   

1684  On this day in history johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)   

1688  On December - 22 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  Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent on this day in history.   

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

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.   

1400  On December - 22 birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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)