Page 5: Historical Events In December - 22

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

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

1894  On this day in history -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane   

1895  Wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist, makes the first ever X-ray of his wife's hand on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history 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  Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist, dies at 62 on December - 22.   

1907  On December - 22 saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St Petersburg   

1908  Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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  Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack on December - 22.   

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  On December - 22 montreal Quebec official opening of the Mount Royal Hotel, with 1.046 rooms.   

1922  Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent on December - 22.   

1923  Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict on December - 22.   

1923  Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on December - 22.   

1924  On December - 22 babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2   

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

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

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

1936  On December - 22 the birth of James Burke, British writer   

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

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

1937  On December - 22 lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic   

1937  On this day in history lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic   

1937  On this day in history daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55   

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1095  On December - 22 birth of roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)   

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 this day in history birth of richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury   

1452  Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer was born on December - 22.   

1459  Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II was born on December - 22.   

1515  Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland was born on December - 22.   

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

1100  On December - 22 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  John XXIII, [Baldassare Cossa], Italian Pope (1410-15), dies on this day in history.   

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

1550  Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell) possibly a son of Richard III on December - 22.   

1603  Mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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 December - 22.