Page 2: Historical Events In December - 22

1715  On this day in history english pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead   

1721  On December - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

1731  On December - 22 dutch people revolt against meat tax   

1738  Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1744  Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) on this day in history.   

1745  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66 on December - 22.   

1753  Dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense) on this day in history.   

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

1764  Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility on this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)   

1767  On this day in history john Newberry, English publisher, dies   

1768  The birth of John Crome, English landscape painter on December - 22.   

1768  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher on December - 22.   

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

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

1775  Continental navy organized with 7 ships on this day in history.   

1783  Washington resigns his military commission on December - 22.   

1787  On this day in history rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar   

1790  On December - 22 russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks   

1795  On December - 22 thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile)   

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  An Embargo Act signed by President Jefferson prohibits all ships from leaving U S ports for foreign ports on this day in history.   

1807  On December - 22 congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France   

1808  Thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son) on this day in history.   

1809  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 on December - 22.   

1809  On December - 22 benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox)   

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  Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos on December - 22.   

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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 December - 22 birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

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

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  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 December - 22.   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.   

1419  On December - 22 john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

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  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.   

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