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

1428  On this day in history 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  On December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1337  On December - 22 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 this day in history.   

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on December - 22.   

1660  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)