Page 4: Historical Events In December - 22

1867  On this day in history frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic   

1867  On this day in history jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79   

1868  On December - 22 john Nance Garner, Texas, (VP-D-1933-41)   

1869  Newfoundlanders vote against joining Confederation. (later they see the error of their ways and join up) on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 22 andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, Paris France, writer (Nobel 1947)   

1870  On this day in history jules Janssen, flies in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse   

1870  Jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse on this day in history.   

1870  Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871] on this day in history.   

1873  On December - 22 l[eopold] S[tennett] Amery, British politician   

1874  Franz Schmidt, composer on December - 22.   

1874  Johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86 on December - 22.   

1875  Antoine Mariotte, composer on this day in history.   

1875  On December - 22 nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75   

1876  Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Ital writer (Futurism e Futurista) on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Mass)   

1877  Montreal Quebec-Laval University opens a branch campus in Montreal, later the University of Montreal on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history endre Ady, Hungary, lyric poet   

1879  Ralph Hawtrey, Buckinghamshire England, economist (multiplier) on December - 22.   

1880  On this day in history george Eliot, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede), dies on 61st birthday   

1881  Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician on this day in history.   

1882  1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison on December - 22.   

1882  On December - 22 charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright   

1883  On December - 22 august Strindberg's "Lycko-Pers Reja," premieres   

1883  On this day in history arthur James Cook, England, union leader (coal miners)   

1885  Pope Leo XIII proclaims extraordinary jubilee on this day in history.   

1885  On December - 22 joseph Deems Taylor, NYC, composer (Peter Ibbetson)   

1886  1st national accountants' society in US formed (NYC) on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain   

1888  Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright   

1890  On this day in history cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia.   

1890  On December - 22 mark Tobey, US abstract painter (Broadway Norm)   

1891  Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent on this day in history.   

1893  On December - 22 benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.   

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

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.   

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

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on this day in history.   

1459  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

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 this day in history.   

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

1440  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1550  On this day in history 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  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on December - 22.   

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)