Page 4: Historical Events In December - 22

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

1867  Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1870  On this day in history 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  On December - 22 franz Schmidt, composer   

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

1875  On December - 22 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 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  Endre Ady, Hungary, lyric poet on this day in history.   

1879  Ralph Hawtrey, Buckinghamshire England, economist (multiplier) on this day in history.   

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

1881  On this day in history enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician   

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

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  On this day in history arthur James Cook, England, union leader (coal miners)   

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  On this day in history heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain   

1888  On this day in history joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron   

1889  Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright on December - 22.   

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

1890  On December - 22 mark Tobey, US abstract painter (Broadway Norm)   

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

1893  Benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history 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  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on December - 22.   

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 this day in history 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 December - 22.   

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

1550  On December - 22 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 this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)