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  On December - 22 french officer, Alfred Dreyfus, found guilty of selling secrets to Germany   

1894  -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane on December - 22.   

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

1896  Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet on this day in history.   

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 December - 22.   

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 December - 22.   

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

1910  US postal savings stamps first issued on this day in history.   

1910  US postal savings stamps 1st issued on this day in history.   

1913  Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1915  Federal Baseball League disolved on this day in history.   

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

1917  On December - 22 francesca Saveria Cabrini, US saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67   

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

1919  On this day in history uS deports 250 alien radicals   

1919  On this day in history government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)   

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  Bill Ponsford & Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict on this day in history.   

1923  Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history 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  1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934) on December - 22.   

1935  On this day in history yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura   

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 this day in history.   

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

1937  On December - 22 lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic   

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

1937  On December - 22 daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 22 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  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  On this day in history daito Kokushi, leader of O-To-Kan Rinzai school in Japan, dies at 54   

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

1603  On this day in history mehmed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603), dies at 37   

1646  On this day in history death of peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)   

1660  On this day in history death of andré Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)