Historical Events In December - 22

0401  On December - 22 st Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0795  On December - 22 leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I  

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

1100  Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.  

1135  Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king on this day in history.  

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

1216  On this day in history pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus"  

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

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) on December - 22.  

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on December - 22.  

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 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  On this day in history charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen  

1536  English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal on December - 22.  

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

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 December - 22.  

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

1624  Tomas Micieres, composer on this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent  

1702  On December - 22 jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)  

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  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)  

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.  

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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)