Page 2: Historical Events In December - 22

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

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

1723  On December - 22 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  On this day in history william Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)   

1728  Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden on this day in history.   

1731  Dutch people revolt against meat tax on December - 22.   

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

1744  On this day in history abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)   

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

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

1761  On December - 22 dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress   

1764  Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility on this day in history.   

1767  On December - 22 andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)   

1767  John Newberry, English publisher, dies on December - 22.   

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  Moravian missionary constructs first schoolhouse west of Allegheny on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny   

1775  On December - 22 continental navy organized with 7 ships   

1783  On December - 22 washington resigns his military commission   

1787  On this day in history rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar   

1790  On this day in history russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks   

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

1797  Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74 on December - 22.   

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

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

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

1808  On December - 22 thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son)   

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  On this day in history benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox)   

1810  On this day in history british frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480   

1812  On this day in history johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet)   

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

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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  On this day in history birth of djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II   

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

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

1100  Death of Duke Bretislaus II of Bohemia on December - 22.   

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on December - 22.   

1419  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on December - 22.   

1440  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.   

1550  On this day in history 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  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on December - 22.