Historical Events In December - 22
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0401 On this day in history st Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0795 On December - 22 leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I
1022 On this day in history elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)
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 December - 22.
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 On this day in history jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer
1459 On December - 22 djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II
1465 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 On December - 22 tomas Micieres, composer
1639 The birth of Jean Racine, French playwright on December - 22.
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 December - 22 johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)
1688 Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York on December - 22.
1689 Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on this day in history.
1696 James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) on this day in history.
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 On December - 22 wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach
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