Historical Events In December - 22
Friday, 31 October 2025
0401 St Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history. 

0795 Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I on this day in history. 

1022 Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on this day in history. 

1100 Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22. 

1135 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1337 On December - 22 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 this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies 

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

1440 Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history. 

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

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

1536 English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal on this day in history. 

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

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

1624 On December - 22 tomas Micieres, composer 

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

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

1643 On December - 22 rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) 

1668 Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on this day in history. 

1684 On this day in history johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum) 

1688 On this day in history pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York 

1689 Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on this day in history. 

1696 James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) on December - 22. 

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

1702 On December - 22 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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