Historical Events In December - 22

0401  On December - 22 st Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0795  Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I on December - 22.   

1022  Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on December - 22.   

1100  On this day in history duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

1135  Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king on this day in history.   

1193  Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137) on this day in history.   

1216  Pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus" on December - 22.   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) on this day in history.   

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

1428  On this day in history richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1440  On December - 22 bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1452  On this day in history jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II on this day in history.   

1465  Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik on this day in history.   

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland on this day in history.   

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen on this day in history.   

1536  English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal on December - 22.   

1550  Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen   

1596  Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1624  On this day in history tomas Micieres, composer   

1639  The birth of Jean Racine, French playwright on this day in history.   

1642  Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente on December - 22.   

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

1668  Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on December - 22.   

1684  On December - 22 johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)   

1688  Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York on December - 22.   

1689  Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on this day in history.   

1696  James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) on this day in history.   

1700  On December - 22 egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent   

1702  On this day in history jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)   

1710  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach on December - 22.   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.   

1178  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on this day in history.   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.   

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.   

1100  On this day in history death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

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 December - 22.