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

1894  -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane on this day in history.   

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  On December - 22 dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg   

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  On December - 22 menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69   

1915  On December - 22 federal Baseball League disolved   

1917  On December - 22 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  Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1922  Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent on December - 22.   

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  Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2 on this day in history.   

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

1934  On December - 22 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 this day in history the birth of James Burke, British writer   

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 this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic   

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on this day in history.   

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1095  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

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

1428  On December - 22 birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

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

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on December - 22.   

1523  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.   

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 December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

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

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

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on December - 22.