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 this day in history.  

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

1100  Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.  

1135  On December - 22 norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king  

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

1216  Pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus" on December - 22.  

1337  On this day in history daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54  

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

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  Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.  

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

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II on this day in history.  

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

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  On December - 22 ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen  

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 this day in history.  

1624  Tomas Micieres, composer on December - 22.  

1639  The birth of Jean Racine, French playwright on December - 22.  

1642  On December - 22 pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente  

1643  On this day in history rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana)  

1668  Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 22.  

1700  On December - 22 egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent  

1702  On this day in history jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)  

1710  On this day in history wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach  

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)  

1178  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on December - 22.  

1515  On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland  

1523  On December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen  

1100  On December - 22 death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia  

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

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

1440  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed  

1550  On December - 22 death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III  

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

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)