Historical Events In December - 22

0401  St Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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 this day in history duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia  

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 December - 22 pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus"  

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

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

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

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury on this day in history.  

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 December - 22.  

1465  Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik on December - 22.  

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

1523  On this day in history charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen  

1536  On December - 22 english scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal  

1550  Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on December - 22.  

1573  Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen on this day in history.  

1596  On December - 22 ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die  

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

1624  On this day in history tomas Micieres, composer  

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

1668  On this day in history stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies  

1684  Johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum) on December - 22.  

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

1689  On December - 22 heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck  

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

1700  On this day in history egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent  

1702  Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) on December - 22.  

1710  On December - 22 wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach  

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1095  On December - 22 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  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)  

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on December - 22.  

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

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

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

1523  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen  

1100  On this day in history 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 December - 22 john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies  

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

1550  On this day in history 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 December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)