Page 5: Historical Events In December - 22

1894  On December - 22 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 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  On this day in history 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 December - 22.   

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 this day in history 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  On December - 22 marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44   

1910  US postal savings stamps first issued on December - 22.   

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

1913  On this day in history menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69   

1915  Federal Baseball League disolved on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83   

1919  On this day in history uS deports 250 alien radicals   

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

1923  On December - 22 bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict   

1923  On this day in history arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67   

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

1930  On this day in history 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo   

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 December - 22.   

1936  The birth of James Burke, British writer on December - 22.   

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

1936  1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on this day in history.   

1937  Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic on December - 22.   

1937  Lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic on December - 22.   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on December - 22.   

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

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

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

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 December - 22.   

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.