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  On this day in history elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)   

1100  On December - 22 duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

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

1193  On December - 22 saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)   

1216  On December - 22 pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus"   

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

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

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

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury on December - 22.   

1440  Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.   

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

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II on December - 22.   

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

1515  On December - 22 mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

1523  On this day in history charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1536  On this day in history english scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal   

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  On this day in history ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die   

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  On December - 22 the birth of Jean Racine, French playwright   

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

1643  On this day in history rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana)   

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

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

1688  On December - 22 pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York   

1689  Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on December - 22.   

1696  James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia) on December - 22.   

1700  Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent on this day in history.   

1702  Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) on this day in history.   

1710  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach on this day in history.   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.   

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

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

1428  On December - 22 birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

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

1515  On December - 22 birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

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

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.   

1337  On December - 22 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  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 December - 22.   

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on December - 22.