Historical Events In December - 22

1894  French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) on this day in history.  

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 December - 22.  

1896  On this day in history nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet  

1897  On December - 22 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 December - 22.  

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on December - 22.  

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

1908  On this day in history marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44  

1910  On December - 22 uS postal savings stamps first issued  

1910  On December - 22 uS postal savings stamps 1st issued  

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1915  Federal Baseball League disolved on December - 22.  

1917  On this day in history flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack  

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

1918  Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on December - 22.  

1919  US deports 250 alien radicals on this day in history.  

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

1923  On this day in history bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict  

1923  On December - 22 arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67  

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

1936  On this day in history the initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa  

1936  1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on December - 22.  

1937  Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic on this day in history.  

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

1937  On this day in history daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55  

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1095  On this day in history 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  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.  

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on December - 22.  

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

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

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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.