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 December - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1728  Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden on this day in history.   

1731  On this day in history dutch people revolt against meat tax   

1738  On December - 22 jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56   

1744  On December - 22 abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)   

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

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

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

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  On December - 22 the birth of John Crome, English landscape painter   

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

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

1783  Washington resigns his military commission on December - 22.   

1787  On December - 22 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  Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on December - 22.   

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 this day in history congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France   

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 December - 22.   

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

1815  Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos on this day in history.   

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

1178  On December - 22 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 this day in history.   

1452  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

1459  On this day in history 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  On December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1100  On this day in history death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

1337  On December - 22 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  On December - 22 death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on December - 22.   

1646  On December - 22 death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

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