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

1100  Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.  

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

1440  On December - 22 bluebeard, pirate, executed  

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer on December - 22.  

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

1465  Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik on this day in history.  

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland on December - 22.  

1523  On December - 22 charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen  

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

1624  On this day in history tomas Micieres, composer  

1639  The birth of Jean Racine, French playwright on this day in history.  

1642  Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente on this day in history.  

1643  On this day in history rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana)  

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 this day in history heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck  

1696  On December - 22 james Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)  

1700  On December - 22 egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent  

1702  On this day in history jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)  

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 December - 22 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  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

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

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.  

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  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54  

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

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

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

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

1646  On December - 22 death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)  

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on December - 22.