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On This Day · The 53rd day of the year

February 22

February 22's record stretches 641 years, from 1371 to 2012. Its center of gravity is the 21st century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♓ZodiacPisces ◈BirthstoneAmethyst ❀Birth flowerViolet

Pisces is the sign for February 22 — read more on the Pisces page, or see February's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on February 22?

February 22 is the 53rd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1371 and 2012. Famous people born on February 22 include George Washington, Horst Köhler and Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell.

Released on February 22

Movies, games, albums & shows

2024

  • Game Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
  • Game Shin-chan: Shiro and the Coal Town
  • Game Inkulinati
  • Game Pacific Drive
  • Game Sons of the Forest
  • TV Avatar the Last Airbender

2023

  • Game Horizon Call of the Mountain

2022

  • Game Supremacy: The Metaverse Game

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1371

    Robert II of Scotland

  2. 1744

    War of the Austrian Succession

  3. 1942

    World War II

  4. 1958

    Egypt

  5. 1959

    Lee Petty

  6. 1974

    Samuel Byck

  7. 2006

    Securitas depot robbery

  8. 2011

    2011 Christchurch earthquake

  9. 2011

    2011 Bahraini uprising

  10. 2012

    2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster

Famous birthday twins

Born on February 22

George Washington

b. 1732

Horst Köhler

b. 1943

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

b. 1857

Thomas Jane

b. 1969

Adolphe Quetelet

b. 1796

Rashi

b. 1040

Bill Frist

b. 1952

Arthur Schopenhauer

b. 1788

Deaths

  • 1987Andy Warhol
  • 1943Hans Scholl
  • 1943Christoph Probst
  • 1913Ferdinand de Saussure
  • 1875Charles Lyell
  • 1512Amerigo Vespucci

Holidays & observances

  • —Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance: Founder's Day or "B.-P. day" (World Organization of the Scout Movement)
  • —Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance: World Thinking Day (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)
  • —Christian feast day: Baradates
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Émilie d'Oultremont
  • —Christian feast day: Eric Liddell (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • —Christian feast day: Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Margaret of Cortona
  • —Christian feast day: Papias of Hierapolis

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