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

1193  On December - 22 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 December - 22 john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies  

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

1440  On December - 22 bluebeard, pirate, executed  

1452  On this day in history jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

1459  On this day in history djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II  

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 this day in history.  

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

1536  On December - 22 english scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal  

1550  Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1624  Tomas Micieres, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

1643  Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) on December - 22.  

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

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

1688  Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York on December - 22.  

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  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  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.  

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)  

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury  

1452  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

1459  On December - 22 birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II  

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  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1603  On December - 22 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)