Historical Events In December - 22

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

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 December - 22 duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia  

1135  Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king on December - 22.  

1193  On this day in history saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)  

1216  Pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus" on this day in history.  

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.  

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

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

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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 this day in history djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II  

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  On this day in history 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  On December - 22 mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37  

1624  Tomas Micieres, composer on this day in history.  

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  Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) on this day in history.  

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 December - 22 pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York  

1689  Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on this day in history.  

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

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

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 December - 22.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.  

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.  

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

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.  

1660  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)