Historical Events In April - 22

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

1676  Battle of Etna on this day in history.   

1677  Battle at Catania: between French & Dutch fleet on this day in history.   

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

1690  John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42) on April - 22.   

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

1699  On April - 22 hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53   

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

1722  On April - 22 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed   

1722  Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies on April - 22.   

1724  On April - 22 the birth of Immanuel Kant, German philosopher   

1724  Immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason) on this day in history.   

1728  Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris on April - 22.   

1766  On this day in history the birth of Madame de Stael, French writer   

1769  On this day in history 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  On this day in history captain John Paul Jones of Ranger led landing party raid on Whitehaven, England   

1778  James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies on April - 22.   

1781  Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer on this day in history.   

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

1788  On April - 22 zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46   

1793  On this day in history pres Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US   

1796  Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi on April - 22.   

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  On this day in history battle at Eckmuhl   

1816  Philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus) on April - 22.   

1817  Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight on this day in history.   

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

1821  On April - 22 john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52   

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

1823  On this day in history alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868   

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1357  On April - 22 birth of johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1682  Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter was born on April - 22.   

1690  On this day in history birth of john Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)   

1692  James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770) was born on April - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1462  Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies on this day in history.   

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  Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69 on this day in history.