Historical Events In December - 22

1815  Johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian on this day in history.   

1815  Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards on this day in history.   

1819  On December - 22 franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor   

1820  On this day in history the 1820 Radicals, sentenced to transportation to Australia, set sail on the convict ship Speke. Only one, Andrew White, returned when pardoned to Scotland   

1821  On this day in history giovanni Bottesini, composer   

1826  On this day in history james Scott Negley, (Union volunteers Major General, died in 1901)   

1828  On December - 22 rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies   

1830  On December - 22 justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope)   

1831  Mark Rutherford, writer on December - 22.   

1832  On December - 22 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands   

1832  On December - 22 edward Hatch, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1832  On this day in history ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72   

1842  On December - 22 jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet   

1844  On December - 22 izydor Lotto, composer   

1845  On December - 22 the first voice synthesizer, later known as P.T. Barnum's Euphonium, was demonstrated to the public in Philadelphia on this day in 1845.   

1846  On December - 22 andreas Hallen, composer   

1849  On this day in history writer (Crime and Punishmen)Fyodor Dostoevsky is led before a firing squad and prepared for execution. He had been convicted and sentenced to death on November 16 for allegedly taking part in reprieved and sent into exile.   

1849  The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is called off at the last second on this day in history.   

1849  On December - 22 fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher (skepticism)   

1851  The first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India on this day in history.   

1853  Maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor on December - 22.   

1856  On December - 22 frank Kellogg, Sec of State (1925-29), try to outlaw war (Nobel 1929)   

1857  On December - 22 george [Robert] Gissing, England, novelist   

1858  The birth of Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer on this day in history.   

1859  In Winnipeg Manitoba the Nor'Wester newspaper is first published on the Canadian Prairies on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history cecil [James] Sharp, London England, folk musician   

1861  On this day in history sara Jeannette Duncan, journalist, novelist, was born at Brantford, Ontario, she joined the Toronto Globe in 1886-87, as its first female full time journalist   

1861  Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history -Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY   

1862  On December - 22 connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950)   

1863  On this day in history ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter   

1863  Michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1864  On December - 22 hMS Bombay at Montevideo lost to fire off Montevideo, with the loss of nearly a hundred lives   

1866  Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer on December - 22.   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.   

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

1419  On this day in history john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

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  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 December - 22.