(STL.News) According to the website onthisday.com the following events occurred on December 22nd:
- 401 St. Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1135 Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king
- 1216 Pope Honorius III delegates degree “Religiosam vitam eligentibus”
- 1465 Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Liège
- 1536 English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal
- 1596 Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die
- 1642 Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente