Historical Events In December - 22
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
0401 On this day in history st Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0795 Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I on this day in history.
1022 Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) on December - 22.
1100 Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.
1135 Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king on this day in history.
1193 On December - 22 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 December - 22.
1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) on December - 22.
1419 John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.
1428 Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury on this day in history.
1440 On this day in history bluebeard, pirate, executed
1452 On December - 22 jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer
1459 On December - 22 djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II
1465 On December - 22 peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik
1515 Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland on December - 22.
1523 On December - 22 charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen
1536 On this day in history english scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal
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 On this day in history ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die
1603 Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.
1624 Tomas Micieres, composer on December - 22.
1639 On this day in history the birth of Jean Racine, French playwright
1642 On December - 22 pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente
1643 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana) on December - 22.
1668 On this day in history stephen Day, 1st British colonial printer, dies
1684 On this day in history johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)
1688 On December - 22 pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York
1689 On December - 22 heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck
1696 On this day in history james Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)
1700 Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent on December - 22.
1702 On this day in history jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)
1710 On this day in history wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach
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