Page 5: Historical Events In December - 22

1894  French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) on December - 22.   

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

1894  -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane on December - 22.   

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

1899  On this day in history dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies   

1900  On December - 22 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.   

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

1907  Saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.   

1908  Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1910  US postal savings stamps 1st issued on this day in history.   

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1915  On December - 22 federal Baseball League disolved   

1917  On this day in history flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack   

1917  Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 on December - 22.   

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

1919  US deports 250 alien radicals on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)   

1922  On December - 22 montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms.   

1922  On December - 22 belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent   

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 December - 22.   

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

1934  On this day in history 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934)   

1935  Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura on this day in history.   

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

1936  The initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on this day in history.   

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

1937  On this day in history lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic   

1937  On December - 22 lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic   

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on December - 22.   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on this day in history.   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on December - 22.   

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)