Page 3: Historical Events In December - 22
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
1815 Johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian on this day in history.
1815 Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards on this day in history.
1819 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor on this day in history.
1820 The 1820 Radicals, sentenced to transportation to Australia, set sail on the convict ship Speke. Only one, Andrew White, returned when pardoned to Scotland on December - 22.
1821 On December - 22 giovanni Bottesini, composer
1826 James Scott Negley, (Union volunteers Major General, died in 1901) on this day in history.
1828 On December - 22 rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies
1830 Justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope) on this day in history.
1831 On this day in history mark Rutherford, writer
1832 On December - 22 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands
1832 On this day in history edward Hatch, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1832 On this day in history ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72
1842 Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet on December - 22.
1844 Izydor Lotto, composer on this day in history.
1845 The first voice synthesizer, later known as P.T. Barnum's Euphonium, was demonstrated to the public in Philadelphia on this day in 1845 on December - 22.
1846 On December - 22 andreas Hallen, composer
1849 On December - 22 writer (Crime and Punishmen)Fyodor Dostoevsky is led before a firing squad and prepared for execution. He had been convicted and sentenced to death on November 16 for allegedly taking part in reprieved and sent into exile.
1849 On December - 22 the execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is called off at the last second.
1849 Fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher (skepticism) on December - 22.
1851 The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India on this day in history.
1853 On December - 22 maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor
1856 Frank Kellogg, Sec of State (1925-29), try to outlaw war (Nobel 1929) on this day in history.
1857 On this day in history george [Robert] Gissing, England, novelist
1858 On this day in history the birth of Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer
1859 On December - 22 in Winnipeg Manitoba the Nor'Wester newspaper is first published on the Canadian Prairies
1859 On December - 22 cecil [James] Sharp, London England, folk musician
1861 Sara Jeannette Duncan, journalist, novelist, was born at Brantford, Ontario, she joined the Toronto Globe in 1886-87, as its first female full time journalist on this day in history.
1861 Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology) on December - 22.
1862 On this day in history -Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY
1862 Connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950) on this day in history.
1863 Ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter on December - 22.
1863 Michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36 on this day in history.
1864 On December - 22 hMS Bombay at Montevideo lost to fire off Montevideo, with the loss of nearly a hundred lives
1866 Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer on December - 22.
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