Page 5: Historical Events In December - 22
Sunday, 06 July 2025
1894 On this day in history french officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)
1894 On December - 22 french officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany
1894 On this day in history -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 On this day in history nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet
1897 Bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels on this day in history.
1899 Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies on December - 22.
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 December - 22.
1908 Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1910 On December - 22 uS postal savings stamps first issued
1910 US postal savings stamps 1st issued on this day in history.
1913 Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on December - 22.
1915 Federal Baseball League disolved on December - 22.
1917 Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack on December - 22.
1917 On this day in history francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67
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 December - 22 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 Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict on this day in history.
1923 Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on December - 22.
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 this day in history.
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 The initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on December - 22.
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 this day in history.
1937 Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on this day in history.
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