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On This Day · The 142nd day of the year

May 22

200 years on from HMS Beagle, May 22 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where disaster looms large.

♊ZodiacGemini ◈BirthstoneEmerald ❀Birth flowerLily of the Valley

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

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on May 22?

May 22 is the 142nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1762 and 2026. Famous people born on May 22 include Richard Wagner, Charles Aznavour and Novak Djokovic.

Released on May 22

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Movie Chand Mera Dil
  • Game LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
  • Game Bubsy 4D
  • Movie System
  • TV Mating Season

2025

  • Game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown
  • Game Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
  • Game Lynked: Banner of the Spark
  • Game Survive the Fall
  • Game Deliver At All Costs
  • Game Pieces of Me
  • Game Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks
  • Game Blades of Fire

2024

  • Game Isles of Sea and Sky
  • Game RKGK
  • Game Wuthering Waves
  • Game Harvest Hunt

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1762

    Trevi Fountain

  2. 1766

    1766 Istanbul earthquake

  3. 1826

    HMS Beagle

  4. 1915

    Lassen Peak

  5. 1958

    1958 anti-Tamil pogrom

  6. 1960

    1960 Valdivia earthquake

  7. 1992

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

  8. 2014

    Prayut Chan-o-cha

  9. 2015

    Republic of Ireland

  10. 2026

    2026 Liushenyu coal mine explosion

Famous birthday twins

Born on May 22

Richard Wagner

b. 1813

Charles Aznavour

b. 1924

Novak Djokovic

b. 1987

Harvey Milk

b. 1930

Lisa Murkowski

b. 1957

Hideaki Anno

b. 1960

Max Brooks

b. 1972

Arthur Conan Doyle

b. 1859

Deaths

  • 1939Ernst Toller
  • 1885Victor Hugo
  • 1868Julius Plücker
  • 1602Renata of Lorraine
  • 1540Francesco Guicciardini
  • 337Constantine the Great

Holidays & observances

  • —Abolition Day (Martinique)
  • —Aromanian National Day (marginal, celebration on May 23 is more common)
  • —Christian feast day: Castus and Emilius
  • —Christian feast day: Fulk
  • —Christian feast day: Humilita
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed John Forest
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini
  • —Christian feast day: Michael Hồ Đình Hy (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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