What are the important events that happened on October 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 22: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 22 is the 295^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 9, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,192 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontapentagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 118 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,688 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 22 Historical Events

• 794 –
  Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto).
• 1707 –
  Scilly naval disaster: four British Royal Navy ships run aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and thousands of sailors drown.
• 1790 –
  Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War.
• 1910 –
  Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.
• 1934 –
  In East Liverpool, Ohio, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
• 1963 –
  A BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes in UK with the loss of all on board.
• 1964 –
  Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada.
• 1968 –
  Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times.
• 1972 –
  Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris.
• 2005 –
  Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.

Who were born on October 22?

• 1811 –
  Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1886)
• 1938 –
  Derek Jacobi, English actor
• 1939 –
  Tony Roberts, American actor
• 1943 –
  Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1946 –
  Deepak Chopra, Indian-American physician and writer
• 1971 –
  Kornel David, Hungarian basketball player
• 1982 –
  Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 –
  Aleksandar Marić, Australian basketball player of Serbian descent
• 1986 –
  Ștefan Radu, Romanian footballer
• 1990 –
  Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor

Who died on October 22?

• 1383 –
  King Fernando I of Portugal (b. 1345)
• 1565 –
  Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)
• 1613 –
  Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer
• 1707 –
  Cloudesley Shovell, Royal Navy admiral (b.1650)
• 1954 –
  Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
• 1973 –
  Pau Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1997 –
  Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (b. 1905)
• 2005 –
  Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928)
• 2005 –
  Franky Gee, American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962)
• 2007 –
  Ève Curie, French writer (b. 1904)