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October 22

October 22 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 906 and 2013. Abbasid general Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000–5,000 captives.

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What happened on October 22?

October 22 is the 295th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 906 and 2013. Famous people born on October 22 include Georges Brassens, Ichiro Suzuki and Sarah Bernhardt.

The shape of the day

October 22's record stretches 1,107 years, from 906 to 2013. Its center of gravity is the 21st century, and disaster looms large.

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

Released on October 22

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Chaos Zero Nightmare
  • Game Dispatch

2024

  • Game Batman: Arkham Shadow
  • Game Amanda the Adventurer 2
  • Game Fear the Spotlight
  • Game Kong: Survivor Instinct
  • Game Awaken: Astral Blade
  • Movie Venom: The Last Dance

2023

  • TV The Apothecary Diaries

2021

  • Game The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 906

    Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh

    Abbasid general Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000–5,000 captives.

  2. 1724

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul) in Leipzig on the 20th Sunday after Trinity, based on the communion hymn of the same name.

  3. 1866

    Veneto

    A plebiscite ratifies the annexation of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, which had occurred three days before on October 19.

  4. 1877

    Blantyre mining disaster

    The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners.

  5. 1936

    Dod Orsborne

    Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat is convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.

  6. 1941

    World War II

    World War II: French resistance member Guy Môquet and 29 other hostages are executed by the Germans in retaliation for the death of a German officer.

  7. 1987

    John Adams (composer)

    John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered at the Houston Grand Opera.

  8. 2005

    Bellview Airlines Flight 210

    Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.

  9. 2012

    Lance Armstrong

    Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.

  10. 2013

    Australian Capital Territory

    The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.

Famous birthday twins

Born on October 22

Georges Brassens

b. 1921

French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ichiro Suzuki

b. 1973

Japanese baseball player

Sarah Bernhardt

b. 1844

French actress and manager

William IX, Duke of Aquitaine

b. 1071

Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitou

Tiki Gelana

b. 1987

Ethiopian runner

Edmund Dulac

b. 1882

French-English illustrator

Barbara Potter

b. 1961

American tennis player

Doris Lessing

b. 1919

British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths

  • 2001Helmut Krackowizer
  • 1906Paul Cézanne
  • 1891Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow
  • 1859Louis Spohr
  • 1383Ferdinand I of Portugal
  • 741Charles Martel

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Abercius of Hieropolis
  • —Christian feast day: Cordula of Cologne
  • —Christian feast day: Donatus of Fiesole
  • —Christian feast day: Mellonius
  • —Christian feast day: Nunilo and Alodia
  • —Christian feast day: Pope John Paul II
  • —Christian feast day: October 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —International Stuttering Awareness Day

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted 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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