Page 2: Historical Events In December - 22

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

1721  Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery on December - 22.   

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

1723  On this day in history jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70   

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

1728  Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden on December - 22.   

1731  On December - 22 dutch people revolt against meat tax   

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

1744  On this day in history abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)   

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

1753  On this day in history dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense)   

1761  On this day in history dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress   

1764  On this day in history barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility   

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 this day in history.   

1772  Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny on this day in history.   

1775  Continental navy organized with 7 ships on December - 22.   

1783  On December - 22 washington resigns his military commission   

1787  Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar on December - 22.   

1790  On December - 22 russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks   

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

1797  On December - 22 giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history 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  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history 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  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on December - 22.   

1440  On this day in history death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on this day in history.   

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)