January 22 in History – What happened on 22 January in Past
✅ Published on January 22nd, 2021 in January in History 22 January - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, January 22 is the day number 22 in a given year. January 22 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
January 22 in History - Top Historical Events ⚡
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 565 | Justinian the Great deposed Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople, after the latter refused the Byzantine Emperor's orderto adopt the tenets of the Aphthartos, a sect of Monophysites. |
| 1506 | The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrived at the Vatican in Rome to serve as security for the Pope. |
| 1666 | Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan died. |
| 1673 | The postal service started between New York and Boston. |
| 1689 | The Convention Parliament convened to justify the overthrow of James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, who had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688. |
| 1760 | The British defeated the Franciscans in the Battle of Vandiwash. |
| 1775 | French physicist and mathematician André Ampere was born. He created an electronic telegraph and detected the intensity of electric motion and made an instrument to measure it. |
| 1808 | Bragansa, a Portuguese royal family escaping from the French army, came to Brazil. |
| 1811 | The Kas rebellion began in San Antonio, Spanish Texas. |
| 1824 | Ashanti killed British Governor Sir Charles McCarthy to crush the British army in the Gold Coast. |
| 1831 | Eminent biologist Charles Darwin graduated. |
| 1850 | Alta California is a daily paper first published in Calif. |
| 1879 | Anglo-Zulu War-Zulu forces of King Cetshwayo fought to a decisive victory at the Battle of Isandlwana. |
| 1880 | Tuwang State School was established in Queensland Australia. |
| 1901 | Queen Victoria of Britain died at the age of 82. |
| 1905 | Russian Revolution: Peaceful demonstrators, led by Father Gapon, a Russian Orthodox priest, were massacred outside the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. |
| 1906 | The SS Valencia was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island,British Columbia, Canada, in a location so treacherous it was known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. |
| 1906 | SS Valencia Vancouver Island attacked a Canadian rock, killing 138 people. |
| 1918 | The Bolsheviks, the Ukrainian People's Republic, declared independence in Russia. |
| 1924 | Ramsay MacDonald took office as the first British Prime Minister from the Labour Party. |
| 1924 | Ramsey Macdonald became the first Prime Minister of the Labor Party in Britain. |
| 1924 | Ramsay MacDonald became the first Labor Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| 1927 | The comedy film The Kid Brother, starring Harold Lloyd, was published on screen. |
| 1944 | World War II-The Allies commenced Operation Shingle, anamphibious landing against Axis forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno,Italy. |
| 1946 | Iran Crisis: The Republic of Mahabad declared its independence, seeking autonomy for the Kurds within Iran. |
| 1957 | New York City police arrested George Metesky, better known asthe 'Mad Bomber', for planting over 30 bombs over 16 years throughoutthe city. |
| 1963 | The National Library for the Blind was established in Dehradun. |
| 1963 | France and West Germany signed the Elysée Treaty. |
| 1970 | The Boeing 747 has its first commercial flight between New York and London. |
| 1971 | The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations,was issued. |
| 1972 | The entire population of Istanbul was under house arrest for a period of 24 hours. |
| 1973 | The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its landmark decision in Roe V. Wade, striking down laws restricting abortion during the first six to seven months of pregnancy. |
| 1973 | The US Supreme Court gave legal recognition to abortion. The court ruled that women can undergo abortions within the first 6 months of becoming pregnant. |
| 1984 | Apple Computer introduced the Macintosh, the first successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface, during Super Bowl XVIII with its groundbreaking '1984' television commercial. |
| 1987 | After being convicted of receiving bribes, Pennsylvania Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer committed suicide during a televised press conference. |
| 1993 | Indian Airlines plane crashed in Aurangabad, killing 61 passengers. |
| 1994 | Sumatra faces major earthquake attack It strikes 5.5 at Richter scale. |
| 1994 | In 45th NHL at MSG in New York City East better West by 9-8. |
| 1998 | World League of America Football becomes NFL East. |
| 2003 | The United Nations reports that there is no link between al Qaeda and Iraq. |
| 2003 | There has been a major bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel by Palestinian. This caused 21-22 people death. |
| 2003 | NASA's spacecraft Pioneer 10 was the last contact with man-made aircraft farthest from Earth. |
| 2006 | Aymaran Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia,the country's first democratically elected, fully Amerindian leader. |
| 2006 | Eva Morales was sworn in as President of Bolivia. |
| 2010 | The policies surrounding energy shortages and currency revaluation of the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez made the people demonstrate against him. |
| 2011 | The H-II Transfer Vehicle HTV-2 Resupply Craft has been launched by the Japanese. It is in a mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. |
| 2012 | The first round election in Finland has been completed. |
| 2013 | ‘Skyfall', the latest James Bond film opens in China. The cinema fans have criticized the officials for censoring portion of the movie. This was filmed in Shanghai. |
| 2014 | European Space Agency researchers have detected water vapour on the minor planet Ceres. It is the largest asteroid and the only dwarf planet in the inner Solar System. |
| 2014 | The presence of water vapor on the small planet Cerage was detected. |
| 2015 | The explosion in Donetsk, Ukraine killed 13 people. |
Famous Birthdays of January 22 😀:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1887 | Helen Hoyt / Poet / United States of America |
| 1972 | Namrata Shirodkar / Actress / India |
| 1945 | Alojz Uran / Bishop / Slovenia |
| 1909 | Ann Sothern / Actress / United States of America |
| 1906 | Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah / Lawyer / India |
| 1946 | Malcolm McLaren / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1840 | Ernest Wilberforce / Bishop / United Kingdom |
| 1924 | Ján Chryzostom Korec / Cardinal / Slovakia |
| 1970 | Jason Lowrie / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1922 | Howard Moss / Poet / United States of America |
| 1914 | Dimitris Dragatakis / Violinist / Greece |
| 1977 | Mario Domm / Writer / Mexico |
| 1690 | Nicolas Lancret / Painter / France |
| 1977 | Hidetoshi Nakata / Footballer / Japan |
| 1925 | Bobby Young / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1919 | Diomedes Olivo / Baseball Player / Dominican Republic |
| 1897 | Dilipkumar Roy / Poet / India |
| 1977 | Anna Linkova / Tennis Player / Russia |
| 1867 | Gisela Januszewska / Physician / Austria |
| 1953 | Jim Jarmusch / Writer / United States of America |
| 1971 | Stan Collymore / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1875 | D. W. Griffith / Producer / United States of America |
| 1920 | Irving Kristol / Author / United States of America |
| 1931 | Galina Zybina / Shot Putter / Russia |
| 1918 | Elmer Lach / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1944 | Khosrow Golsorkhi / Journalist / Iran |
| 1977 | Luciano Andrade Rissutt / Footballer / Brazil |
| 1991 | Marcus Canty / Singer / United States of America |
| 1946 | Serge Savard / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1982 | Fabricio Coloccini / Footballer / Argentina |
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Aapane abhi padha: 22 Janwari Ki Pramukh Aitihasik Ghatnayen.
Read in Hindi : 22 जनवरी की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं