Page 5: Historical Events In December - 22

1894  On this day in history french officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)   

1894  French officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany on December - 22.   

1894  -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane on this day in history.   

1895  Wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist, makes the first ever X-ray of his wife's hand on this day in history.   

1896  Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet on December - 22.   

1897  On December - 22 bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels.   

1899  Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies on this day in history.   

1900  A new 35-horsepower car built by Daimler from a design by Emil Jellinek was completed. The car was named for Jellinek's daughter, Mercedes on December - 22.   

1902  On December - 22 richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62   

1907  On this day in history saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg   

1908  Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 on December - 22.   

1910  US postal savings stamps first issued on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history uS postal savings stamps 1st issued   

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on December - 22.   

1915  On this day in history federal Baseball League disolved   

1917  On December - 22 flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack   

1917  On December - 22 francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67   

1918  Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1919  US deports 250 alien radicals on December - 22.   

1919  On December - 22 government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)   

1922  On this day in history montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms.   

1922  Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent on this day in history.   

1923  Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict on this day in history.   

1923  On December - 22 arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67   

1924  Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2 on this day in history.   

1930  On December - 22 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo   

1934  1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934) on December - 22.   

1935  On this day in history yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura   

1936  On December - 22 the birth of James Burke, British writer   

1936  On December - 22 the initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa   

1936  On December - 22 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa   

1937  On December - 22 lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic   

1937  On this day in history lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic   

1937  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55   

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.   

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

1452  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

1459  On December - 22 birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 22.