Page 2: Historical Events In December - 22

1715  English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead on this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery   

1723  On this day in history carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer   

1723  Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1727  William Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence) on this day in history.   

1728  Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden on December - 22.   

1731  On December - 22 dutch people revolt against meat tax   

1738  On this day in history jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56   

1744  Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) on December - 22.   

1745  On this day in history jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66   

1753  Dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense) on December - 22.   

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

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

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

1767  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history the birth of John Crome, English landscape painter   

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

1772  On this day in history moravian missionary constructs first schoolhouse west of Allegheny   

1772  Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny on December - 22.   

1775  Continental navy organized with 7 ships on December - 22.   

1783  On December - 22 washington resigns his military commission   

1787  Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar on December - 22.   

1790  Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks on December - 22.   

1795  On December - 22 thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile)   

1797  On this day in history giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74   

1803  Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.   

1807  An Embargo Act signed by President Jefferson prohibits all ships from leaving U S ports for foreign ports on December - 22.   

1807  On December - 22 congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France   

1808  Thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son) on this day in history.   

1809  US passes Non-Intercourse Act; opens trade with all nations except Britain and France; to retaliate against Napoleon's Decrees and British blockade; causes commercial depression in Canada on this day in history.   

1809  Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox) on this day in history.   

1810  British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 on this day in history.   

1812  On December - 22 johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet)   

1815  Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos 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  On December - 22 birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on December - 22.   

1428  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen   

1100  On this day in history death of duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia   

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 December - 22.   

1440  On this day in history 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)