Page 2: Historical Events In December - 22

1715  English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead on December - 22.   

1721  On December - 22 nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery   

1723  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer on December - 22.   

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

1727  William Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence) on December - 22.   

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

1731  Dutch people revolt against meat tax on this day in history.   

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

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

1745  On December - 22 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66   

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

1761  On December - 22 dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress   

1764  On December - 22 barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility   

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

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  On this day in history john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher   

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

1772  On December - 22 moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny   

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

1783  Washington resigns his military commission on this day in history.   

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

1790  On December - 22 russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks   

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

1797  On December - 22 giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74   

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

1810  British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 on December - 22.   

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

1815  On this day in history spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos   

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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  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.   

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on December - 22.   

1452  On December - 22 birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

1459  On December - 22 birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 22.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.