February 22

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The February 22 is the 53th day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 312 days (in leap years 313 days) by year end.

Historical anniversaries
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Events

Politics and world events

1358: Étienne Marcel
1494: Charles VIII of France
1744: Naval battle near Toulon, overview
1797: Location of Fishguards
1819: Adams-Onís Treaty
1924: Election poster for the Weimar coalition
Result of the National Council election in 1953
1979: St. Lucia

economy

science and technology

  • 1632 : In Florence, Galileo Galilei dedicates the book Dialogo (on the world systems) to Grand Duke Ferdinand II and presents him with the first printed copy.
1635: Cardinal de Richelieu
1828: Friedrich Wöhler
1876: Gilman Hall of the JHU
1987: Airbus A320

Culture

1935: Comedian Harmonists

society

1680: La Voisin
  • 1680 : The French potions and poison mixer Catherine Monvoisin , on whose property the remains of more than 2,500 babies were excavated, is sentenced to death at the stake by the Chambre ardente along with other people in the course of the poison affair and executed on the same day. The trial of Satanism and witchcraft exposed contacts to the highest circles and almost caused a scandal at the court of Louis XIV.
1857: Munich white sausages

religion

1300: Pope Boniface VIII.
1940: Tenzin Gyatso

Disasters

1901: City of Rio de Janeiro

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .

Sports

Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .

Born

Before the 18th century

Charles VII (* 1403)

18th century

George Washington (* 1732)

19th century

1801-1850

Frédéric Chopin (* 1810)
August Bebel (* 1840)

1851-1900

Heinrich Hertz (* 1857)
Ita Wegman (* 1876)
Edna St. Vincent Millay (* 1892)

20th century

1901-1925

Herma Szabó (* 1902)
Rómulo Betancourt (* 1908)
Heimar Fischer-Gaaden (* 1923)

1926-1950

Edward "Ted" Kennedy (* 1932)
Horst Köhler (* 1943)
Niki Lauda (* 1949)

1951-1976

Eva Bulling-Schröter (* 1956)
Steve Irwin (born 1962)
Michael Chang (* 1972)
Drew Barrymore (* 1975)

1976-2000

Bosses (* 1980)
Zach Roerig (* 1985)

Died

Before the 16th century

16th to 18th century

19th century

Adam Ferguson († 1816)
Eduard Gaertner († 1877)
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot († 1875)

20th century

1901-1950

Hugo Wolf († 1903)
Judson Harmon († 1927)

1951-2000

Hattie Carnegie († 1956)
Johannes Dieckmann († 1969)
Oskar Kokoschka († 1980)
Andy Warhol († 1987)
Abraham A. Ribicoff († 1998)

21st century

Jonas Savimbi († 2002)
Günther Kochan († 2009)

Holidays and memorial days

The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .


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