Page 4: Historical Events In December - 22

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

1867  On December - 22 jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79   

1868  John Nance Garner, Texas, (VP-D-1933-41) on December - 22.   

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

1869  On this day in history andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, Paris France, writer (Nobel 1947)   

1870  On this day in history jules Janssen, flies in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse   

1870  On December - 22 jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse   

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  Franz Schmidt, composer on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86   

1875  On this day in history antoine Mariotte, composer   

1875  Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75 on December - 22.   

1876  Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Ital writer (Futurism e Futurista) on this day in history.   

1877  "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Mass) on December - 22.   

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

1877  On this day in history endre Ady, Hungary, lyric poet   

1879  On December - 22 ralph Hawtrey, Buckinghamshire England, economist (multiplier)   

1880  On this day in history george Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday   

1881  On December - 22 enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician   

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

1882  Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright on this day in history.   

1883  On December - 22 august Strindberg's "Lycko-Pers Reja," premieres   

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

1885  On December - 22 pope Leo XIII proclaims extraordinary jubilee   

1885  On this day in history joseph Deems Taylor, NYC, composer (Peter Ibbetson)   

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

1888  On December - 22 heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain   

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

1889  Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright on this day in history.   

1890  Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia on this day in history.   

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

1891  Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent on December - 22.   

1893  On December - 22 benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91   

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1095  On this day in history 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 December - 22.   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 22.   

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  On December - 22 john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

1440  On December - 22 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 this day in history.   

1646  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

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