Events on 22 December 49
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Damghan earthquake: An earthquake near the Persian city of Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history.
Year 880
Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
Year 1216
Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.
Year 1788
Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
Year 1790
The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 2
Birthdays on 22 December 200
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Diocletian
b. 244 – d. 311
Diocletian, Roman emperor (d. 311)
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Gang Gam-chan
b. 948 – d. 1031
Gang Gam-chan, Korean official and general (d. 1031)
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Roger II of Sicily
b. 1095 – d. 1154
Roger II of Sicily (d. 1154)
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Emperor Antoku
b. 1178 – d. 1185
Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)
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Chagatai Khan
b. 1183 – d. 1242
Chagatai Khan, Mongol ruler (d. 1242)
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Khutughtu Khan Kusala
b. 1300 – d. 1329
Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Mongolian emperor (d. 1329)
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Sultan Cem
b. 1459 – d. 1495
Sultan Cem, Ottoman politician (d. 1495)
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Kuroda Yoshitaka
b. 1546 – d. 1604
Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyo (d. 1604)
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Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)
b. 1550 – d. 1631
Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1631)
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Étienne Martellange
b. 1569 – d. 1641
Étienne Martellange, French architect (d. 1641)
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Tommaso Dingli
b. 1591 – d. 1666
Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (d. 1666)
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Mariana of Austria
b. 1635 – d. 1696
Mariana of Austria (d. 1696)
Deaths on 22 December 83
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Yuan Qianyao
d. 731
Yuan Qianyao, official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty
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Baha' al-Dawla
d. 1012
Baha' al-Dawla, Buyid amir of Iraq
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Cynesige
d. 1060
Cynesige, Archbishop of York
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Bretislav II
d. 1100 (b. 1060)
Bretislav II of Bohemia (b. 1060)
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Olaf Magnusson of Norway
d. 1115 (b. 1099)
Olaf Magnusson, King of Norway (b. 1099)
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Antipope John XXIII
d. 1419
Antipope John XXIII
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Willibald Pirckheimer
d. 1530 (b. 1470)
Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (b. 1470)
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Alessandro Bonvicino
d. 1554 (b. 1498)
Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter (b. 1498)
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François Clouet
d. 1572
François Clouet, French miniaturist (b. c. 1510)
Mehmed III
d. 1603 (b. 1566)
Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1566)
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Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
d. 1641 (b. 1560)
Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1560)
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Peter Mogila
d. 1646 (b. 1596)
Peter Mogila, Moldavian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596)