WHAT HAPPENED ON 22. DECEMBER
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Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome. (22. December 69)

Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong. (22. December 880)

Stephen of Blois becomes King of England (22. December 1135)

Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam. (22. December 1216)

Bucaramanga is founded. (22. December 1622)

Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769) ends with an uneasy truce. (22. December 1769)

The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies. (22. December 1790)

The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson. (22. December 1807)

Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano). (22. December 1808)

India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India. (22. December 1851)

Savannah, Georgia falls to General William Tecumseh Sherman, concluding his "March to the Sea". (22. December 1864)

Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan. (22. December 1885)

Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia. (22. December 1890)

Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography. (22. December 1891)

The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason. (22. December 1894)

The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR. (22. December 1920)

The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York, New York. (22. December 1937)

Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom. (22. December 1939)

World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army. (22. December 1940)

World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon. (22. December 1942)