Historical Events In December - 22

1715  On this day in history english pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead   

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

1723  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer on December - 22.   

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

1727  On December - 22 william Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)   

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

1731  On this day in history 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  Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress on this day in history.   

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 this day in history john Newberry, English publisher, dies   

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

1768  John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher on December - 22.   

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

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

1775  On this day in history continental navy organized with 7 ships   

1783  On December - 22 washington resigns his military commission   

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

1790  On December - 22 russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks   

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  On this day in history joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1807  On December - 22 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 this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history 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  Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox) on this day in history.   

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

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  Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154) was born on December - 22.   

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

1400  Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1440  On December - 22 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  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on this day in history.