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 this day in history.   

1723  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer on this day in history.   

1723  On December - 22 jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70   

1727  On December - 22 william Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)   

1728  Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden on this day in history.   

1731  On this day in history dutch people revolt against meat tax   

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

1744  Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) on December - 22.   

1745  Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1761  On this day in history dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress   

1764  Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility on December - 22.   

1767  Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France) on this day in history.   

1767  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history the birth of John Crome, English landscape painter   

1768  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher on this day in history.   

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

1772  Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny on this day in history.   

1775  Continental navy organized with 7 ships on this day in history.   

1783  On December - 22 washington resigns his military commission   

1787  On December - 22 rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar   

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

1795  Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile) on this day in history.   

1797  Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 on December - 22.   

1803  On December - 22 joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

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  Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France on December - 22.   

1808  Thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son) on December - 22.   

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  Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox) on December - 22.   

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  Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos on this day in history.   

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

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 December - 22.   

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  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 December - 22 death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

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

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on December - 22.   

1440  On this day in history 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  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.