Page 2: Historical Events In December - 22

1715  On December - 22 english pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead   

1721  Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery on December - 22.   

1723  On December - 22 carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer   

1723  Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 on December - 22.   

1727  William Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence) on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden   

1731  Dutch people revolt against meat tax on December - 22.   

1738  Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56 on December - 22.   

1744  Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66   

1753  Dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense) on this day in history.   

1761  Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress on December - 22.   

1764  Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility on this day in history.   

1767  Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France) on December - 22.   

1767  On December - 22 john Newberry, English publisher, dies   

1768  On December - 22 the birth of John Crome, English landscape painter   

1768  On December - 22 john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher   

1772  On this day in history moravian missionary constructs first schoolhouse west of Allegheny   

1772  On this day in history moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny   

1775  On this day in history continental navy organized with 7 ships   

1783  Washington resigns his military commission on December - 22.   

1787  Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks   

1795  Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile) on December - 22.   

1797  Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1803  Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history an Embargo Act signed by President Jefferson prohibits all ships from leaving U S ports for foreign ports   

1807  On December - 22 congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France   

1808  On December - 22 thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son)   

1809  On this day in history uS passes Non-Intercourse Act; opens trade with all nations except Britain and France; to retaliate against Napoleon's Decrees and British blockade; causes commercial depression in Canada.   

1809  On this day in history benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox)   

1810  On December - 22 british frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480   

1812  Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet) on this day in history.   

1815  On December - 22 spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos   

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1095  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

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 December - 22.   

1428  On December - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

1337  On this day in history 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 December - 22.   

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

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  On December - 22 mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

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