Famous Birthdays In December - 22

1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on this day in history.   

1400  On December - 22 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  On December - 22 birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

1515  On this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.   

1546  On this day in history birth of kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604)   

1550  Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen was born on this day in history.   

1624  Tomas Micieres, composer was born on this day in history.   

1639  On December - 22 birth of jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)   

1643  Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) was born on December - 22.   

1666  On December - 22 birth of guru Gobind Singh, Sikh guru (d. 1708)   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)   

1690  On this day in history birth of meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur (d. 1751)   

1694  Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768) was born on December - 22.   

1696  On December - 22 birth of james Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)   

1700  On this day in history birth of egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent   

1702  Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) was born on December - 22.   

1710  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach   

1723  On December - 22 birth of carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer   

1727  On this day in history birth of william Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)   

1728  Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden was born on December - 22.   

1744  On this day in history birth of abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)   

1753  On this day in history birth of dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense)   

1761  On this day in history birth of dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress   

1764  Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility was born on December - 22.   

1765  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)   

1767  Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France) was born on this day in history.   

1768  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

1787  Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar was born on this day in history.   

1795  Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile) was born on December - 22.   

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1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

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 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  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 this day in history.