Historical Events In December - 22

1715  On this day in history english pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead   

1721  On this day in history nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery   

1723  On this day in history carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer   

1723  On this day in history jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70   

1727  On this day in history william Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)   

1728  On December - 22 charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden   

1731  On December - 22 dutch people revolt against meat tax   

1738  Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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

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

1753  On December - 22 dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense)   

1761  Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress on this day in history.   

1764  On this day in history barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility   

1767  On this day in history andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)   

1767  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on December - 22.   

1768  The birth of John Crome, English landscape painter on this day in history.   

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

1772  Moravian missionary constructs first schoolhouse west of Allegheny on December - 22.   

1772  Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny on December - 22.   

1775  On December - 22 continental navy organized with 7 ships   

1783  Washington resigns his military commission on December - 22.   

1787  Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar on December - 22.   

1790  On December - 22 russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks   

1795  On December - 22 thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile)   

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  An Embargo Act signed by President Jefferson prohibits all ships from leaving U S ports for foreign ports on this day in history.   

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  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 on December - 22.   

1809  On December - 22 benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox)   

1810  On this day in history british frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480   

1812  On December - 22 johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet)   

1815  Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos on this day in history.   

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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 December - 22.   

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

1428  On this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  On December - 22 death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

1660  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)