Marriage
Marries Matilda, only daughter & heiress of Eustace III & Mary of Scotland
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December 22 in History
This permanent archive page contains 124 World History Database records for December 22, spanning 1125 to 2020. Recorded topics include Marriage; Accession; Death of Stephen.
Total: 124Events: 114Births: 1Deaths: 4Battles: 5Countries: 24
Events on December 22
Accession
Supported by the Barons who are opposed to a woman taking the throne
Reballion of Barons
Pardons the Earl of Lancaster the leader of the Barons revolt
Reballion of Barons
Pardons the Earl of Lancaster the leader of the Barons revolt
Abdication
Deposed and tried for crimes
Capture of Maine
Promises to hand-over Maine to France in a personal letter to Charles VII
Dissolution of Parliament
Henry VIIIs 3rd Parliament closes
Resignation of William Warham
Resigns as Lord Chancellor. Did not approve of the marriage between Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon
Governor of Scotland
Is chosen Governor of Scotland during the minority of Mary Queen of Scots and takes responsibility for royal government.
Nicholas Bacon Appointed
Elizabeth appoints Nicholas Bacon as Lord Keeper
Lord Keeper Appointed
Bacon serves as Lord Keeper during the first year of Elizabeth's reign
Capture of Mainz
Captures Mainz & spends the winter there
Flight from England
Finch flees abroad to avoid parliamentary prosecution for conduct during Personal Rule.
Appointment as Tower Lieutenant
Lunsford's appointment alarms Londoners who distrust his royalist reputation.
Thomas Lunsford Appointed Tower Lieutenant
Charles appoints Thomas Lunsford as Lieutenant of the Tower, provoking public opposition.
Thomas Lunsford Appointed Tower Lieutenant
Charles appoints Thomas Lunsford as Lieutenant of the Tower, provoking public opposition.
Succession
First day of the interregnum
Triennial Act
William III of Orange gives royal assent to the Triennial Act, requiring frequent Parliaments and regular general elections.
Invasion of Scotland
Lands near Peterhead to rally Jacobite support after defeat at Sheriffmuir
Siege of Ismail
Captures the Turkish fortess of Ismail at the mouth of the Danube
Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier
Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier, age 24
Brigadier General
Napoleon I was appointed brigadier general at age 24.
Capture of Toulon
Captures Toulon & is made a Brigadier
General
Appointed General de Brigade
General
Appointed General de Brigade
General
Appointed General of the Brigade, provisional
General
Appointed General of the Brigade, provisional
General
Napoleon I received a provisional appointment as general of brigade.
General
Napoleon I was appointed general de brigade.
Embargo Act
The Embargo Act halts most foreign trade in an unsuccessful effort to protect neutral rights.
Capture of Savanah
Marches the Unionists through Georgia & takes Atlanta 1 Sept & Savannah 22 Dec
Siege of Kagoshima
Kagoshima is bombarded by the British Royal Navy to punish the Satsuma daimyo for the murder of Charles Lennox Richardson on the Tokaido highway
Siege of Savannah
Marches the Unionists through Georgia & takes Atlanta 1 Sept & Savannah 22 Dec
International Alliance of Socialist Democracy
Writes on relations between the International and the International Alliance of Socialist Democracy.
Budget
Sudden resignation after the Cabinet will not support his proposed defense cuts
Resignation of Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill
Sudden resignation after the Cabinet will not support his proposed defense cuts
Trial
Sentenced to transportation for life & expulsion from the army & loss of rank. Found guilty of passing papers to a foreign power
Vperyod
Begins a Bolshevik newspaper after losing control of Iskra.
Vperyod
Launches Vperyod as a Bolshevik rival to Menshevik-controlled Iskra.
President of Ecuador
Appointed acting President of Ecuador after the death of Emilio Estrada
Conference of Brest Litovsk
Talks resume at Brest Litovsk
Peace
Heads the Russian peace negotiations which begins after the agreement of an armistice
Peace
Peace negotiations commence with the Central Powers
Treaty of Brest Litovsk
Heads the Russian peace negotiations which begins after the agreement of an armistice
Government Ends
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Prime Minister
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Armament
Inskips report on arms expenditure is reviewed by the Cabinet, emphasises diplomacy
Budget
Inskips report on arms expenditure is reviewed by the Cabinet, emphasises diplomacy
Government Report
Inskips report on arms expenditure is reviewed by the Cabinet, emphasises diplomacy
Report on Arms expenditure is reviewed by the Cabinet
Inskips report on arms expenditure is reviewed by the Cabinet, emphasises diplomacy
Foreign Secretary
Returns to the Foreign Office as Churchill's Foreign Secretary
Manchester Blitz
Responds to the bombing of Manchester during the winter Blitz.
Conference of Arcadia
Churchill travels to the US to discuss Anglo-American strategy and priorities with Roosevelt, the Arcadia conference formally endorses the Allies Germany First policy
Conference of Arcadia
Churchill travels to the US to discuss Anglo-American strategy and priorities with Roosevelt, the Arcadia conference formally endorses the Allies Germany First policy
International Conference
Churchill travels to the US to discuss Anglo-American strategy and priorities with Roosevelt, the Arcadia conference formally endorses the Allies Germany First policy
International Conference at Arcadia
Churchill travels to the US to discuss Anglo-American strategy and priorities with Roosevelt, the Arcadia conference formally endorses the Allies Germany First policy
Landing on Luzon
Homma's Fourteenth Army lands its main force at Lingayen Gulf during the invasion of Luzon.
First Fat Man Assembly
The first full Fat Man bomb assembly is completed for handling and airdrop practice, before nuclear material and final explosive lenses are available.
Government
Forms a Provisional Government based at Debrecen
Prime Minister of Hungary
Appointed Prime Minister of Hungary
Provisional Government
Forms a Provisional Government based at Debrecen
Viet Minh Army
Creates the armed nucleus that becomes the Vietnam People's Army
Vietnam Propaganda Unit
Forms the Vietnam Propaganda Unit of Liberation Army
Flick Trial Judgment and Sentence
Flick was convicted on selected counts and sentenced to seven years imprisonment.
Port Said Transfer to UNEF Supervised
Hammarskjold oversees the transition as Anglo-French forces leave and UNEF assumes temporary control.
Port Said Withdrawal
Completes withdrawal of British and French forces from Port Said
Suez Canal
The last Anglo-French forces leave Port Said
Withdrawal
The last Anglo-French forces leave Port Said after international pressure forces withdrawal
MACS-9 Assignment
Oswald was assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron 9 at El Toro on December 22, 1958, and worked with a radar crew.
Peace
Announces a 36 hr cease-fire commencing Christmas eve to negotiate with North Vietnam
Down to the Countryside
Mao calls for educated youth to learn from workers, peasants and soldiers
Pink Floyd
"Christmas On Earth Revisited" is staged at Olympia, Syd seems incapable of playing, standing staring at the audience
Apollo 8 Midcourse Navigation
Uses Apollo navigation procedures during the translunar coast to refine the spacecraft trajectory.
Down to the Countryside
Mao orders educated youth to go to the countryside and be re-educated by poor and lower-middle peasants
Assassination of Herbert Schoner
RAF members Klaus Janschke, Ingeborg Barz, Wolfgang Grundmann raid a branch of the Bavarian Mortgage and Exchange Bank, a police officer, Herbert Schoner, walks in on the raid and is shot dead
Assassination of Herbert Schoner
RAF members Klaus Janschke, Ingeborg Barz, Wolfgang Grundmann raid a branch of the Bavarian Mortgage and Exchange Bank, a police officer, Herbert Schoner, walks in on the raid and is shot dead
Assassination of Herbert Schoner
RAF members Klaus Janschke, Ingeborg Barz, Wolfgang Grundmann raid a branch of the Bavarian Mortgage and Exchange Bank, a police officer, Herbert Schoner, walks in on the raid and is shot dead
Prime Minister of Japan
Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term
Nuclear Power
Desai tells Parliament that his government does not intend to manufacture nuclear weapons or conduct further nuclear explosions.
London Calling Album
London Calling enters the UK albums chart, reaching the Top Ten and expanding the Clash's sound beyond early punk.
Head of Junta Takes Office
Duarte becomes head of the Revolutionary Government Junta
President of Argentina
Appointed President of Argentina
President of Argentina
Appointed President of Argentina
President of Argentina
Appointed de facto President of Argentina after Roberto Eduardo Viola
UN Security Council Resolution 605
Reports on protection of Palestinian civilians after the Council condemns Israeli practices in occupied territories.
Unity Accord and Political Settlement
Mugabe concludes the Unity Accord with Nkomo to end the ZANU-ZAPU conflict.
Unity Accord Implementation
Mugabe begins implementing the political settlement agreed with Nkomo.
Unity Accord Signed
Mugabe signs the Unity Accord with Joshua Nkomo.
Unity Accord Signed
Nkomo signs the Unity Accord merging ZAPU into ZANU-PF.
ZANU-PF Merger
The Unity Accord provides for ZAPU's incorporation into ZANU-PF.
ZANU-PF
ZAPU merges into the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)
Coup
The Romanian Government is overthrown
Flight from Bucharest
Flees Bucharest by helicopter as the regime collapses.
Foreign Policy Statement at Hong Kong
The Government announces it will grant UK citizenship to 225,000 from Hong Kong
National Salvation Front
Emerges as leader of the National Salvation Front.
National Salvation Front Government
Iliescu emerges as leader of the National Salvation Front.
Overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu flees the Central Committee building as communist rule collapses.
Resignation of Romanian Government
The Romanian Government is overthrown
Television Address
Addresses the country after Ceausescu's fall.
Election
Winner of the 2nd round of the Presidential elections on Khakasiya with 71.0%
Khmer Rouge Disband
Movement effectively ceases to exist after remaining leaders surrender
Hubble Gyroscope Repair
Grunsfeld helps restore Hubble's pointing system by replacing failed gyroscope assemblies during the first Servicing Mission 3A spacewalk.
Hubble Rate Sensor Units Replaced
Smith helps replace all three Hubble Rate Sensor Units, restoring six gyroscopes used for accurate telescope pointing.
Prime Minister of Romania
Isarescu leaves the central bank temporarily to lead the government.
Marriage
Madonna marries Guy Ritchie near Dornoch in Sutherland
Marriage
Madonna marries Guy Ritchie near Dornoch in Sutherland
Interim Administration
Karzai is sworn in as chairman of Afghanistan's thirty-member Interim Administration.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Abdullah Abdullah joins the Interim Administration as foreign minister and remains in the Transitional Administration.
Election Nomination
Wins the Colorado Party nomination for the presidency.
Uranus New Rings and Moons
Showalter leads Hubble observations revealing two previously unknown dusty rings around Uranus and the moons Mab and Cupid.
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The Act reduces the corporate tax rate and changes individual and business taxation.
Government Shutdown Over Wall
Triggers a partial government shutdown over border wall funding.
One Club Scoring Record
Scores his 644th Barcelona goal to surpass Pele's recognised goals total for a single club.
Births on December 22
Birth of Heihachiro Togo
Birth of Heihachiro Togo
Deaths on December 22
Death of Stephen
Death of Henry I, rides to Winchester to take control of the Treasury
Death of Arthur Stanley Eddington
Death of Arthur Eddington
Death of Howard Leslie Brennan
Death of Howard Leslie Brennan
Death of Joe Cocker
Dies in Crawford, Colorado, aged seventy.
Battles on December 22
Battle of Banbury
Northampton's Royalist force is attacked at Banbury and relieved the following day.
Battle of Froschwiller
Defeats the Prussians
Battle of Awa
Togo is assigned to Kasuga in the Naval Battle of Awa, near Osaka, against the navy of the Bakufu
Battle of Miyako
Togo participated as a third-class officer aboard the Kasuga in the last battles against the remnants of the Bakufu forces, the naval Battle of Miyako
Battle of Bulge
Launches an attack on Bastogne