Historical Events In April - 22

1674  Netherlands & Munster sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1676  Battle of Etna on April - 22.   

1677  Battle at Catania: between French & Dutch fleet on April - 22.   

1682  On April - 22 willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter   

1690  On this day in history john Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)   

1692  On this day in history edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft   

1699  Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1707  On April - 22 henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones)   

1722  On this day in history 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed   

1722  On April - 22 pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies   

1724  On this day in history the birth of Immanuel Kant, German philosopher   

1724  On April - 22 immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)   

1728  Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris on April - 22.   

1766  The birth of Madame de Stael, French writer on this day in history.   

1769  Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress on April - 22.   

1773  Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader on April - 22.   

1775  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen) on this day in history.   

1776  On April - 22 johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67   

1778  Captain John Paul Jones of Ranger led landing party raid on Whitehaven, England on April - 22.   

1778  James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies on this day in history.   

1781  Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer on this day in history.   

1782  On April - 22 josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66   

1788  Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46 on this day in history.   

1793  Pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US on this day in history.   

1796  Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi on April - 22.   

1799  Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure) on this day in history.   

1804  On April - 22 gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola   

1809  On April - 22 battle at Eckmuhl   

1816  Philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus) on April - 22.   

1817  Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight on April - 22.   

1818  On this day in history cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1821  On this day in history john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52   

1823  On April - 22 baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London   

1823  Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868 on April - 22.   

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1357  Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433) was born on this day in history.   

1451  On this day in history birth of isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus   

1610  Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91) was born on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history birth of mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun   

1658  Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8) was born on this day in history.   

1682  Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter was born on April - 22.   

1690  John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42) was born on this day in history.   

1692  James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770) was born on April - 22.   

0296  On April - 22 death of pope Caius   

0536  On this day in history agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies   

1253  Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53 on April - 22.   

1355  On April - 22 eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36   

1462  Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies on April - 22.   

1521  On April - 22 death of juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded   

1592  On this day in history bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80   

1648  On this day in history catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69