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 December - 22 french officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany   

1894  -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane on December - 22.   

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  On December - 22 bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels.   

1899  Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies on December - 22.   

1900  On this day in history 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  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history uS postal savings stamps 1st issued   

1913  On this day in history menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69   

1915  On December - 22 federal Baseball League disolved   

1917  Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack on this day in history.   

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  On December - 22 uS deports 250 alien radicals   

1919  On this day in history government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)   

1922  On this day in history montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms.   

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

1934  On this day in history 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934)   

1935  On this day in history yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura   

1936  On December - 22 the birth of James Burke, British writer   

1936  The initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa   

1937  Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic on December - 22.   

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

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

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

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

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

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

1515  On December - 22 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  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

1419  On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

1440  On this day in history death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1550  On December - 22 death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on December - 22.   

1646  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)