Page 2: Historical Events In April - 22

1674  Netherlands & Munster sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history battle of Etna   

1677  On April - 22 battle at Catania: between French & Dutch fleet   

1682  Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter on this day in history.   

1690  John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42) on this day in history.   

1692  On April - 22 edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft   

1699  Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1707  Henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones) on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed   

1722  On this day in history pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies   

1724  The birth of Immanuel Kant, German philosopher on this day in history.   

1724  On April - 22 immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)   

1728  On April - 22 pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris   

1766  The birth of Madame de Stael, French writer on this day in history.   

1769  On April - 22 madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress   

1773  Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader on April - 22.   

1775  Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen) on April - 22.   

1776  Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 on April - 22.   

1778  Captain John Paul Jones of Ranger led landing party raid on Whitehaven, England on April - 22.   

1778  On this day in history james Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies   

1781  On April - 22 christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer   

1782  On this day in history josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66   

1788  Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46 on this day in history.   

1793  Pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US on this day in history.   

1796  Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi on this day in history.   

1799  Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure) on this day in history.   

1804  Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola on this day in history.   

1809  Battle at Eckmuhl on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus)   

1817  Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight on April - 22.   

1818  Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers) on April - 22.   

1821  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1823  On April - 22 baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London   

1823  Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868 on April - 22.   

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1357  Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433) was born on April - 22.   

1451  Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus was born on April - 22.   

1610  Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91) was born on this day in history.   

1640  Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun was born on April - 22.   

1658  Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8) was born on this day in history.   

1682  On April - 22 birth of willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter   

1690  On April - 22 birth of john Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)   

1692  On this day in history birth of james Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)   

0296  On April - 22 death of pope Caius   

0536  Agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies on April - 22.   

1253  Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53 on April - 22.   

1355  Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1462  On April - 22 gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies   

1521  On this day in history death of juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded   

1592  Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69