Historical Events In December - 22

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

0795  On this day in history leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I  

1022  On December - 22 elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)  

1100  On this day in history duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia  

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

1193  Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137) on this day in history.  

1216  On this day in history 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  On this day in history luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)  

1419  On December - 22 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 this day in history.  

1452  On December - 22 jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

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

1465  Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik on this day in history.  

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

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen on December - 22.  

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

1596  Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die on December - 22.  

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

1624  Tomas Micieres, composer on December - 22.  

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

1642  Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente on this day in history.  

1643  Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) on this day in history.  

1668  Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on December - 22.  

1684  Johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum) on this day in history.  

1688  Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York on this day in history.  

1689  On this day in history heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck  

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  Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on this day in history.  

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  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.  

1459  On this day in history 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 December - 22.  

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

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

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III  

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

1646  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)  

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)