Historical Events In December - 22

0401  St Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 22.   

0795  On this day in history leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I   

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

1100  On December - 22 duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

1135  On December - 22 norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king   

1193  On this day in history saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)   

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

1337  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) on December - 22.   

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury on this day in history.   

1440  Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.   

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

1459  On this day in history djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

1465  Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik on December - 22.   

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland on December - 22.   

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

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

1550  On December - 22 richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

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  Tomas Micieres, composer on this day in history.   

1639  The birth of Jean Racine, French playwright on December - 22.   

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

1643  Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) on this day in history.   

1668  Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1688  Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York on this day in history.   

1689  Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on December - 22.   

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

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

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

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 December - 22.   

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

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

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

1419  On December - 22 john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.   

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  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)