Page 5: Historical Events In December - 22

1894  On December - 22 french officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)   

1894  On this day in history french officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany   

1894  On this day in history -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane   

1895  Wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist, makes the first ever X-ray of his wife's hand on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet   

1897  On this day in history bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels.   

1899  Dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies on December - 22.   

1900  On this day in history a new 35-horsepower car built by Daimler from a design by Emil Jellinek was completed. The car was named for Jellinek's daughter, Mercedes.   

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on December - 22.   

1907  On December - 22 saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg   

1908  On December - 22 marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44   

1910  On December - 22 uS postal savings stamps first issued   

1910  On this day in history uS postal savings stamps 1st issued   

1913  On December - 22 menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69   

1915  On December - 22 federal Baseball League disolved   

1917  On this day in history flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack   

1917  Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83   

1919  US deports 250 alien radicals on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)   

1922  Montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms on this day in history.   

1922  On December - 22 belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent   

1923  On this day in history bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict   

1923  On this day in history arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67   

1924  Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2 on December - 22.   

1930  On December - 22 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo   

1934  On this day in history 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934)   

1935  Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura on this day in history.   

1936  The birth of James Burke, British writer on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history the initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa   

1936  On December - 22 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa   

1937  On this day in history lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic   

1937  Lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic on December - 22.   

1937  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55   

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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 December - 22.   

1400  On December - 22 birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

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

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

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

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

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

1419  On this day in history 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  On December - 22 death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on this day in history.