Page 5: Historical Events In December - 22

1894  On this day in history french officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)   

1894  On this day in history french officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany   

1894  On December - 22 -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane   

1895  On December - 22 wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist, makes the first ever X-ray of his wife's hand   

1896  On December - 22 nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet   

1897  Bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels on December - 22.   

1899  On December - 22 dwight L Moody, US evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement), dies   

1900  A new 35-horsepower car built by Daimler from a design by Emil Jellinek was completed. The car was named for Jellinek's daughter, Mercedes on this day in history.   

1902  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1907  Saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44   

1910  US postal savings stamps first issued on December - 22.   

1910  On this day in history uS postal savings stamps 1st issued   

1913  On this day in history menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69   

1915  Federal Baseball League disolved on December - 22.   

1917  Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack on this day in history.   

1917  Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 on December - 22.   

1918  On December - 22 albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter, dies at 83   

1919  On December - 22 uS deports 250 alien radicals   

1919  Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland) on December - 22.   

1922  Montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms on December - 22.   

1922  On this day in history belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent   

1923  On this day in history bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict   

1923  On this day in history arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67   

1924  On this day in history babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2   

1930  On this day in history 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo   

1934  1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934) on this day in history.   

1935  Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura on this day in history.   

1936  The birth of James Burke, British writer on this day in history.   

1936  The initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa on December - 22.   

1936  On this day in history 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa   

1937  Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic on December - 22.   

1937  On December - 22 lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic   

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 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 December - 22 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 this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

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 this day in history birth of mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland   

1523  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on December - 22.   

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

1337  Daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1419  On December - 22 john XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies   

1440  On December - 22 death of bluebeard, pirate, executed   

1550  On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III   

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on December - 22.   

1646  On December - 22 death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

1660  On December - 22 death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)