Page 4: Historical Events In December - 22

1867  On this day in history frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic   

1867  On this day in history jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79   

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  On December - 22 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  On December - 22 constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871]   

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

1874  Franz Schmidt, composer on December - 22.   

1874  Johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history antoine Mariotte, composer   

1875  On December - 22 nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75   

1876  On this day in history filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Ital writer (Futurism e Futurista)   

1877  On December - 22 "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  On December - 22 endre Ady, Hungary, lyric poet   

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

1882  On December - 22 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison   

1882  Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright on December - 22.   

1883  On this day in history august Strindberg's "Lycko-Pers Reja," premieres   

1883  Arthur James Cook, England, union leader (coal miners) on this day in history.   

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

1885  Joseph Deems Taylor, NYC, composer (Peter Ibbetson) on this day in history.   

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

1888  Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain on this day in history.   

1888  Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron on December - 22.   

1889  On December - 22 mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright   

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

1890  Mark Tobey, US abstract painter (Broadway Norm) on December - 22.   

1891  On December - 22 edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent   

1893  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

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 December - 22.   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

1523  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1100  On December - 22 death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.   

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.   

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  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.   

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