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  On this day in history carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer   

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

1731  Dutch people revolt against meat tax on this day in history.   

1738  On this day in history 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 December - 22.   

1761  On December - 22 dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress   

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  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1772  On this day in history moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny   

1775  On December - 22 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  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  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 December - 22.   

1808  On this day in history 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 December - 22.   

1809  On December - 22 benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox)   

1810  British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 on December - 22.   

1812  On December - 22 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  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  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on this day in history.   

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

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 December - 22.   

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

1646  On this day in history 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)