Page 2: Historical Events In December - 22

1715  English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead on this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery   

1723  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer on December - 22.   

1723  Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1727  William Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence) on December - 22.   

1728  On December - 22 charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden   

1731  Dutch people revolt against meat tax on this day in history.   

1738  Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56 on December - 22.   

1744  Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) on December - 22.   

1745  On this day in history jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66   

1753  On December - 22 dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense)   

1761  Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress on this day in history.   

1764  Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility on December - 22.   

1767  On December - 22 andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)   

1767  On December - 22 john Newberry, English publisher, dies   

1768  The birth of John Crome, English landscape painter on this day in history.   

1768  On December - 22 john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher   

1772  Moravian missionary constructs first schoolhouse west of Allegheny on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny   

1775  On this day in history continental navy organized with 7 ships   

1783  On this day in history washington resigns his military commission   

1787  Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar on this day in history.   

1790  Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks on this day in history.   

1795  Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile) on this day in history.   

1797  Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 on December - 22.   

1803  Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1807  On December - 22 an Embargo Act signed by President Jefferson prohibits all ships from leaving U S ports for foreign ports   

1807  Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France on December - 22.   

1808  Thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son) on December - 22.   

1809  On this day in history uS passes Non-Intercourse Act; opens trade with all nations except Britain and France; to retaliate against Napoleon's Decrees and British blockade; causes commercial depression in Canada.   

1809  Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox) on December - 22.   

1810  British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 on this day in history.   

1812  Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet) on this day in history.   

1815  On December - 22 spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.   

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.   

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 December - 22.   

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

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on this day in history.   

1100  On December - 22 death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

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  On this day in history death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

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)