Historical Events In December - 22

1867  On December - 22 frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic  

1867  Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79 on December - 22.  

1868  On December - 22 john Nance Garner, Texas, (VP-D-1933-41)  

1869  On December - 22 newfoundlanders vote against joining Confederation. (later they see the error of their ways and join up)  

1869  Andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, Paris France, writer (Nobel 1947) on December - 22.  

1870  Jules Janssen, flies in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse on this day in history.  

1870  Jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse on December - 22.  

1870  Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871] on this day in history.  

1873  L[eopold] S[tennett] Amery, British politician on December - 22.  

1874  On December - 22 franz Schmidt, composer  

1874  On December - 22 johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86  

1875  On this day in history antoine Mariotte, composer  

1875  On this day in history nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75  

1876  On December - 22 filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Ital writer (Futurism e Futurista)  

1877  On this day in history "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Mass)  

1877  On December - 22 montreal Quebec-Laval University opens a branch campus in Montreal, later the University of Montreal  

1877  Endre Ady, Hungary, lyric poet on this day in history.  

1879  On this day in history ralph Hawtrey, Buckinghamshire England, economist (multiplier)  

1880  George Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday on December - 22.  

1881  Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician on this day in history.  

1882  1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison on this day in history.  

1882  On this day in history charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright  

1883  August Strindberg's "Lycko-Pers Reja," premieres on this day in history.  

1883  Arthur James Cook, England, union leader (coal miners) on December - 22.  

1885  On this day in history pope Leo XIII proclaims extraordinary jubilee  

1885  On December - 22 joseph Deems Taylor, NYC, composer (Peter Ibbetson)  

1886  1st national accountants' society in US formed (NYC) on December - 22.  

1888  Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain on December - 22.  

1888  On December - 22 joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron  

1889  On this day in history mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright  

1890  On December - 22 cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia.  

1890  Mark Tobey, US abstract painter (Broadway Norm) on this day in history.  

1891  Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent on this day in history.  

1893  On this day in history benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91  

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1095  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.  

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  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1440  On this day in history death of bluebeard, pirate, executed  

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on this day in history.  

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

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on December - 22.  

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