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  On this day in history french officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany   

1894  On December - 22 -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane   

1895  On December - 22 wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist, makes the first ever X-ray of his wife's hand   

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  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 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  On December - 22 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  Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack on December - 22.   

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

1918  On December - 22 albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83   

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  Montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms on December - 22.   

1922  On this day in history belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent   

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

1923  Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1924  On December - 22 babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2   

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

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

1935  On December - 22 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  1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on December - 22.   

1937  On this day in history lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic   

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

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 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  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on this day in history.   

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

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

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

1459  On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  On this day in history 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)