What is December 22?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[69]] &ndash; Roman Emperor [[Vitellius]] is captured and [[murder]]ed at the Gemonian Stairs in [[Rome]]. * [[401]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent I]] is elected. * [[856]] &ndash; [[856 Damghan earthquake|An earthquake]], near [[Damghan]], [[Persia]], kills an estimated 200,000 people. * [[880]] &ndash; [[China]]: [[Luoyang]], eastern capital of the [[Tang Dynasty]], is captured by rebel leader [[Huang Chao]] during the reign of [[Emperor Xizong of Tang]]. * [[1135]] &ndash; [[Stephen of England|Stephen of Blois]] becomes [[King]] of [[England]]. * [[1603]] &ndash; [[Mehmed III]] [[Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Ahmed I]]. * [[1622]] &ndash; The [[city]] of [[Bucaramanga]] in present-day [[Colombia]] is founded. * [[1647]] &ndash; A [[hurricane]] strikes the [[Canary Islands]], with [[Fuerteventura]] being hit particularly hard. * [[1711]] &ndash; [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]] is crowned. * [[1769]] &ndash; The [[Sino-Burmese War of 1765-1769]] ends with an uneasy truce. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[Revolution]]ary [[France]] is divided into [[department]]s. * [[1790]] &ndash; The [[Turkey|Turkish]] fortress of [[Izmail]] is stormed and captured by [[Alexander Suvorov]] and his [[Russia]]n armies. * [[1807]] &ndash; The [[Embargo Act]], forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the [[United States Congress]], at the urging of [[President (United States)|President]] [[Thomas Jefferson]]. * [[1809]] &ndash; The [[Non-Intercourse Act]], lifting the [[Embargo Act]] except for the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]], passes the [[United States Congress]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; The execution of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] is canceled at the last second. * [[1851]] &ndash; The first freight train is operated in [[Roorkee]] in [[India]]. * [[1857]] &ndash; [[Mountain]]eering: The [[Alpine Club]] is founded in [[London]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[Savannah, Georgia]] falls to General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] during the [[American Civ