Page 2: Historical Events In December - 22

1715  English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead on December - 22.   

1721  On December - 22 nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery   

1723  On December - 22 carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer   

1723  On this day in history jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70   

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

1728  On this day in history charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden   

1731  On this day in history dutch people revolt against meat tax   

1738  On December - 22 jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56   

1744  On December - 22 abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)   

1745  On December - 22 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66   

1753  On December - 22 dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense)   

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  On December - 22 andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)   

1767  On December - 22 john Newberry, English publisher, dies   

1768  On December - 22 the birth of John Crome, English landscape painter   

1768  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher on this day in history.   

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

1772  On December - 22 moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny   

1775  Continental navy organized with 7 ships on this day in history.   

1783  On December - 22 washington resigns his military commission   

1787  On December - 22 rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar   

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

1795  Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile) on this day in history.   

1797  On December - 22 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  On this day in history an Embargo Act signed by President Jefferson prohibits all ships from leaving U S ports for foreign ports   

1807  Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France on December - 22.   

1808  Thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son) on December - 22.   

1809  On this day in history 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.   

1809  Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox) on December - 22.   

1810  On December - 22 british frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480   

1812  Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet) on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos   

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1095  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on this day in history.   

1178  On this day in history birth of emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)   

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  On this day in history birth of jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer   

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

1515  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)