Historical Events In December - 22

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

1721  On December - 22 nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery  

1723  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer on this day in history.  

1723  On December - 22 jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70  

1727  On this day in history william Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)  

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

1731  Dutch people revolt against meat tax on December - 22.  

1738  On this day in history jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56  

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 December - 22.  

1761  On December - 22 dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress  

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  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1772  Moravian missionary constructs first schoolhouse west of Allegheny on December - 22.  

1772  On December - 22 moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny  

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

1783  Washington resigns his military commission on December - 22.  

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

1790  On this day in history russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks  

1795  Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile) on December - 22.  

1797  Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1803  On this day in history joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862  

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  Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France on this day in history.  

1808  On December - 22 thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son)  

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  On this day in history benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox)  

1810  British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 on December - 22.  

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 this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)  

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.  

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 December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer  

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

1515  On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland  

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.  

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

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on December - 22.  

1660  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)