Page 4: 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 this day in history.   

1868  John Nance Garner, Texas, (VP-D-1933-41) on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On December - 22 l[eopold] S[tennett] Amery, British politician   

1874  On December - 22 franz Schmidt, composer   

1874  Johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86 on December - 22.   

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 December - 22.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1883  On December - 22 arthur James Cook, England, union leader (coal miners)   

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

1885  Joseph Deems Taylor, NYC, composer (Peter Ibbetson) on December - 22.   

1886  1st national accountants' society in US formed (NYC) on this day in history.   

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

1888  On this day in history 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 December - 22.   

1891  On this day in history edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent   

1893  On December - 22 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 this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

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

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

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on December - 22.   

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

1646  On December - 22 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)