Page 3: Historical Events In December - 22

1815  Johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian on this day in history.   

1815  Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor   

1820  On this day in history the 1820 Radicals, sentenced to transportation to Australia, set sail on the convict ship Speke. Only one, Andrew White, returned when pardoned to Scotland   

1821  On December - 22 giovanni Bottesini, composer   

1826  On this day in history james Scott Negley, (Union volunteers Major General, died in 1901)   

1828  Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US pres Andrew Jackson, dies on this day in history.   

1830  On December - 22 justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope)   

1831  Mark Rutherford, writer on December - 22.   

1832  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands on December - 22.   

1832  On December - 22 edward Hatch, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1832  On December - 22 ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72   

1842  On this day in history jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet   

1844  Izydor Lotto, composer on December - 22.   

1845  The first voice synthesizer, later known as P.T. Barnum's Euphonium, was demonstrated to the public in Philadelphia on this day in 1845 on this day in history.   

1846  Andreas Hallen, composer on December - 22.   

1849  Writer (Crime and Punishmen)Fyodor Dostoevsky is led before a firing squad and prepared for execution. He had been convicted and sentenced to death on November 16 for allegedly taking part in reprieved and sent into exile on this day in history.   

1849  On December - 22 the execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is called off at the last second.   

1849  On this day in history fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher (skepticism)   

1851  On this day in history the first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.   

1853  Maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor on this day in history.   

1856  Frank Kellogg, Sec of State (1925-29), try to outlaw war (Nobel 1929) on December - 22.   

1857  On December - 22 george [Robert] Gissing, England, novelist   

1858  On December - 22 the birth of Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer   

1859  In Winnipeg Manitoba the Nor'Wester newspaper is first published on the Canadian Prairies on this day in history.   

1859  Cecil [James] Sharp, London England, folk musician on December - 22.   

1861  On this day in history sara Jeannette Duncan, journalist, novelist, was born at Brantford, Ontario, she joined the Toronto Globe in 1886-87, as its first female full time journalist   

1861  Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history -Jan 2nd) Raid on Morgan's: Bardstown to Elizabethtown, KY   

1862  Connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950) on this day in history.   

1863  Ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter on this day in history.   

1863  Michael Corcoran, Union brig-general, dies at 36 on December - 22.   

1864  HMS Bombay at Montevideo lost to fire off Montevideo, with the loss of nearly a hundred lives on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer   

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1095  On this day in history birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

1178  Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185) was born on December - 22.   

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

1428  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on December - 22.   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.   

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

1337  On this day in history 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  Death of Bluebeard, pirate, executed on December - 22.   

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  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on December - 22.