Historical Events In December - 22
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
0401 On December - 22 st Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 

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 Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22. 

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

1193 Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137) on December - 22. 

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 this day in history. 

1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) on this day in history. 

1419 On December - 22 john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies 

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

1440 On this day in history bluebeard, pirate, executed 

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

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

1465 On this day in history peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik 

1515 On December - 22 mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland 

1523 Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die 

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

1624 On December - 22 tomas Micieres, composer 

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

1642 Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente on December - 22. 

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

1689 Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on December - 22. 

1696 James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) on this day in history. 

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

1702 On this day in history 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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