Page 5: Historical Events In December - 22

1894  On December - 22 french officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)   

1894  French officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany on December - 22.   

1894  -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane on this day in history.   

1895  On December - 22 wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist, makes the first ever X-ray of his wife's hand   

1896  On this day in history nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet   

1897  Bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels on December - 22.   

1899  On December - 22 dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies   

1900  On December - 22 a new 35-horsepower car built by Daimler from a design by Emil Jellinek was completed. The car was named for Jellinek's daughter, Mercedes.   

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on December - 22.   

1907  Saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.   

1908  Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 on December - 22.   

1910  US postal savings stamps first issued on December - 22.   

1910  US postal savings stamps 1st issued on this day in history.   

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on December - 22.   

1915  Federal Baseball League disolved on this day in history.   

1917  Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack on this day in history.   

1917  Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1918  Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1919  On December - 22 uS deports 250 alien radicals   

1919  Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland) on this day in history.   

1922  Montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent   

1923  Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67   

1924  Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2 on this day in history.   

1930  6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo on December - 22.   

1934  On December - 22 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934)   

1935  Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura on this day in history.   

1936  The birth of James Burke, British writer on this day in history.   

1936  The initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on December - 22.   

1936  1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on this day in history.   

1937  Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic on December - 22.   

1937  Lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic on this day in history.   

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1178  On December - 22 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  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 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 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  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.