Page 5: Historical Events In December - 22

1894  On December - 22 french officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated)   

1894  French officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany on December - 22.   

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  On this day in history bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels.   

1899  On this day in history 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 December - 22.   

1902  On this day in history richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62   

1907  Saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg on December - 22.   

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

1910  On this day in history uS postal savings stamps first issued   

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

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on December - 22.   

1915  Federal Baseball League disolved on December - 22.   

1917  On December - 22 flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack   

1917  Francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 December - 22 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 December - 22 arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67   

1924  Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2 on December - 22.   

1930  6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo on December - 22.   

1934  1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934) on December - 22.   

1935  On December - 22 yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura   

1936  The birth of James Burke, British writer on December - 22.   

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

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

1937  Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic on December - 22.   

1937  Lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic on December - 22.   

1937  Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 on December - 22.   

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

1178  On December - 22 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  Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury was born on this day in history.   

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  Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen was born on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 22.   

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 December - 22.   

1603  On December - 22 mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

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

1660  Death of André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612) on this day in history.