Roger II King of Sicily born in Mileto Italy (d. 1154)
Dec 22 1459
Sultan Cem third son of Sultan Mehmed II and pretender to the Ottoman throne born in Rumelia Ottoman Empire (d. 1495)
Dec 22 1515
Mary of Guise [Mary of Lorraine] pro-French Queen of Scots (1538-42) and Regent of Scotland (1554-60) born in Bar-le-Duc France (d. 1560)
Dec 22 1546
Kuroda Yoshitaka Japanese daimy born in Himeji Hygo Prefecture Japan (d. 1604)
Dec 22 1550
Cesare Cremonini Italian professor of natural philosophy born in Cento Papal States (d. 1631)
Dec 22 1573
Ernst Casimir I count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland Groningen and Drenthe born in Dillenburg Germany (d. 1632)
Dec 22 1639
Jean Racine French dramatist (Phdre) born in La Fert-Milon Picardy (d. 1699)
Dec 22 1666
Guru Gobind Singh Tenth Guru of Sikhism founder and General of Khalsa Army social reformist and poet born in Patna Sahib (d. 1708)
Dec 22 1684
Johann J Dillenius [Dillen] German botanist (Historia Muscorum) born in Darmstadt Germany (d. 1747)
Dec 22 1690
Meidingnu Pamheiba King of Manipur born in Manipur (d. 1751)
Dec 22 1694
Hermann Samuel Reimarus German philosopher and writer born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1768)
Dec 22 1696
James Oglethorpe British soldier politician philanthropist and founder of the colony of Georgia born in Godalming Surrey England (d. 1758)
Dec 22 1700
Egbert de Vrij Temminck Amsterdam regent born in Amsterdam (d. 1785)
Dec 22 1702
Jean-tienne Liotard Swiss-French painter art connoisseur and dealer (Madame dEpinay) born in Geneva Switzerland (d. 1789)
Dec 22 1723
Carl Friedrich Abel German composer born in Kthen Germany (d. 1787)
Dec 22 1727
William Ellery US attorney and signer of the Declaration of Independence (Rhode Island) born in Newport Rhode Island (d. 1820)
Dec 22 1728
Charles Frederick Margrave Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden born in Baden-Wrttemberg Germany (d. 1811)
Dec 22 1765
Johann Friedrich Pfaff German mathematician born in Stuttgart Germany (d. 1825)
Dec 22 1767
Andreas Hofer Tyrolean innkeeper drover and leader of the Tyrolean Rebellion against the revolutionary Napoleonic invasion during the War of the Fifth Coalition born in St. Leonhard in Passeier Italy (d. 1810)
Dec 22 1768
John Crome (Old Crome) English landscape artist born in Norwich England (d. 1821)
Dec 22 1795
Thomas Ainsworth English founder of Nijverdal & industrialist (Twentse textile) born in Lancashire England (d. 1841)
Dec 22 1803
Joseph King Fenno Mansfield American Major General (Union Army) born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 1862)
Dec 22 1805
John Obadiah Westwood British entomologist born in Sheffield United Kingdom (d. 1893)
Dec 22 1807
Johann Sebastian Welhaven Norwegian poet born in Bergen Norway (d. 1873)
Dec 22 1812
Johanne Luise Heiberg Danish actress (Romeo & Juliet) born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1890)
Dec 22 1815
Johann Jakob Bachofen Swiss antiquarian & jurist born in Basel Switzerland (d. 1887)
Dec 22 1815
Lucien Petipa French ballet dancer born in Marseille France (d. 1898)
Dec 22 1819
Franz Abt German composer & choir conductor born in Eilenburg Germany (d. 1885)
Dec 22 1819
Pierre Ossian Bonnet French mathematician born in Montpellier France (d. 1892)
Dec 22 1821
Giovanni Bottesini Italian Romantic composer conductor and a double bass virtuoso born in Crema Lombardy (d. 1889)
Dec 22 1826
James Scott Negley American politician and Major General (Union Army) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1901)
Dec 22 1178
Emperor Antoku of Japan born in Kyoto Kyoto Prefecture Japan (d. 1185)
Dec 22 1400
Luca della Robbia Italian sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden) born in Florence Italy (d. 1482)
HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY
Dec 22 1135 Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king
Dec 22 1216 Pope Honorius III delegates degree Religiosam vitam eligentibus
Dec 22 1465 Peace of St Truiden Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Lige
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