Page 2: Historical Events In July - 16
Sunday, 22 February 2026
1715 Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France. 

1722 Joseph Wilton, sculptor. 

1723 Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity). 

1725 Georg Simon Lohlein, composer 

1728 Henri Moreau, composer. 

1729 Johann David Heinichen, composer, dies at 46. 

1730 Elijiah Fenton, poet, dies 

1736 Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies. 

1746 Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian monk/discoverer (1st asteroid-Ceres) 

1747 Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies 

1762 Jacques Hotteterre, composer, dies at 87. 

1764 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23. 

1769 Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, inaugural mission in Calif. 

1769 Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif 

1775 John Adams graduates Harvard. 

1782 Mozart's opera "Das Entfuhrung aus dem Serail," premieres in Vienna 

1782 Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61 

1790 The District of Columbia, or Washington, D.C., was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government. 

1790 Congress establishes District of Columbia 

1796 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter. 

1798 US Public Health Service established and US Marine Hospital authorized 

1798 US Public Health Service forms and US Marine Hospital authorized 

1801 Pope Pius VII and 1st consul Napoleon sign concord. 

1809 The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declared its independence from Spanish Crown and formed the Junta Tuitiva, the inaugural independent government in Spanish America, lead by Pedro Domingo Murillo 

1821 Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science (Science and Health) 

1822 Luigi Arditi, violinist/composer. 

1823 James Isham Gilbert, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 

1827 Josiah Spode, potter, dies 

1829 Robert Brown Potter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887 

1834 Carlo Angeloni, composer 

1839 Philipus J Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist 

1843 Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, politician, dies at 68. 

1845 The New York Yacht Club hosted the inaugural American boating regatta 

1845 NY Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta. 

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