Historical Events In December - 22

1715  English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead on December - 22.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 December - 22.  

1764  On December - 22 barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility  

1767  Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France) on this day in history.  

1767  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on December - 22.  

1768  On this day in history the birth of John Crome, English landscape painter  

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

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

1772  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1787  On December - 22 rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar  

1790  Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks on this day in history.  

1795  On this day in history thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile)  

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  On this day in history 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  Thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son) on December - 22.  

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  Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox) on December - 22.  

1810  British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.  

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 December - 22.  

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.  

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.  

1550  On December - 22 death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III  

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 December - 22.  

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on this day in history.