Famous Birthdays In December - 22

1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.   

1178  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  On this day in history 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 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  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.   

1546  Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On this day in history birth of cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631)   

1573  On this day in history birth of ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen   

1624  On this day in history birth of tomas Micieres, composer   

1639  Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699) was born on December - 22.   

1643  Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) was born on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history birth of guru Gobind Singh, Sikh guru (d. 1708)   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)   

1690  Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur (d. 1751) was born on this day in history.   

1694  On December - 22 birth of hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768)   

1696  On December - 22 birth of james Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)   

1700  Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent was born on December - 22.   

1702  Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) was born on December - 22.   

1710  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach was born on December - 22.   

1723  On December - 22 birth of carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer   

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

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

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

1753  On this day in history birth of dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense)   

1761  On this day in history birth of dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress   

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

1765  Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1767  Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France) was born on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history birth of john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher   

1787  On December - 22 birth of rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar   

1795  On this day in history birth of thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile)   

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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  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

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

1603  On December - 22 mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  Death of Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596) on this day in history.   

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