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 December - 22.   

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

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

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

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

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

1744  Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) on December - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1767  On this day in history andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)   

1767  On December - 22 john Newberry, English publisher, dies   

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

1768  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher on this day in history.   

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

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

1775  On December - 22 continental navy organized with 7 ships   

1783  Washington resigns his military commission on December - 22.   

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

1790  Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks on December - 22.   

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  Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1428  On December - 22 birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.   

1337  On December - 22 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  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.   

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

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

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)