Historical Events In December - 22
Thursday, 26 June 2025
0401 St Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 22.
0795 Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I on this day in history.
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 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 December - 22.
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
1428 On this day in history richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury
1440 On December - 22 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 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 December - 22 charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen
1536 On this day in history english scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal
1550 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 December - 22.
1642 On this day in history pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente
1643 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) on this day in history.
1668 On December - 22 stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies
1684 On December - 22 johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)
1688 On this day in history pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York
1689 On December - 22 heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck
1696 James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) on December - 22.
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 December - 22.
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