Page 2: Historical Events In December - 22

1715  On December - 22 english pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead   

1721  Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery on this day in history.   

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

1723  Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 on December - 22.   

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

1728  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1745  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1761  Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress on December - 22.   

1764  On December - 22 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 December - 22.   

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

1768  On this day in history 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  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  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 December - 22.   

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  Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox) on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history british frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480   

1812  On this day in history johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet)   

1815  On this day in history spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos   

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1095  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on this day in history.   

1400  On December - 22 birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

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

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 December - 22.   

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

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

1440  On December - 22 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  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.