Historical Events In December - 22

0401  St Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 22.   

0795  Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I on December - 22.   

1022  Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on December - 22.   

1100  Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1135  On December - 22 norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king   

1193  On this day in history saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)   

1216  On December - 22 pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus"   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1400  On this day in history luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

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

1428  On this day in history richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1440  On December - 22 bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer on December - 22.   

1459  On December - 22 djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

1465  Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik on December - 22.   

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland on this day in history.   

1523  On this day in history charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1536  English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal on this day in history.   

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

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

1596  Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die on December - 22.   

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1624  Tomas Micieres, composer on December - 22.   

1639  The birth of Jean Racine, French playwright on this day in history.   

1642  Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente on December - 22.   

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

1668  Stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies on December - 22.   

1684  On December - 22 johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)   

1688  On this day in history pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York   

1689  Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history james Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)   

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

1702  Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay) on this day in history.   

1710  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach on this day in history.   

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.   

1400  On this day in history birth of luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)   

1428  On December - 22 birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on this day in history.   

1515  On December - 22 birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

1523  On December - 22 birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1337  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on this day in history.   

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on this day in history.   

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 December - 22.   

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