Events & Holidays In December - 22
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Army Day (Vietnam)
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Winter Solstice Holiday (Hong Kong)
Army Day (Vietnam)
Las Posadas (9 days) (Mexico)
Winter Solstice Holiday (Hong Kong)
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 this day in history.
1452 On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer
1459 On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II
1515 Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.
1523 On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen
1100 On this day in history death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia
1337 On this day in history daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54
1419 John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.
1440 Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.
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 Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.
1660 Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on this day in history.