Died on
Who died on February 22
99 figures who shaped history died on February 22.
- 99deaths
- 55events
Best known
Best known
Maximianus of Ravenna
Italian Roman Catholic saint
Guo Wei
Emperor of Later Zhou from 951 to 954
Peter Damian
11th-century Benedictine monk
Margaret of Cortona
Italian Franciscan tertiary and mystic, declared a saint
David II of Scotland
King of Scotland from 1329 to 1371
Henry, Duke of Cornwall
Heir apparent of Henry VIII
Maximianus of Ravenna — Italian Roman Catholic saint, who died on February 22 556.
Guo Wei — Emperor of Later Zhou from 951 to 954, who died on February 22 954.
Peter Damian — 11th-century Benedictine monk, who died on February 22 1072.
Margaret of Cortona — Italian Franciscan tertiary and mystic, declared a saint, who died on February 22 1297.
David II of Scotland — King of Scotland from 1329 to 1371, who died on February 22 1371.
Henry, Duke of Cornwall — Heir apparent of Henry VIII, who died on February 22 1511.
All entries
- 606PPope SabinianHead of the Catholic Church from 604 to 606
- 793SSicga
- 845EEmpress Dowager Wang (Jingzong)Empress dowager of Chinese Tang dynasty
- 965OOtto, Duke of BurgundyDuke of Burgundy
- 970GGarcía Sánchez I of PamplonaKing of Pamplona from 925 to 970
- 978LLambert of Chalon
- 1071AArnulf III of FlandersCount of Flanders from 1070 to 1071
- 1079JJohn of Fécamp11th-century Italian spiritual writer
- 1111
Roger BorsaDuke of Apulia and Calabria from 1085 to 1111 - 1452WWilliam Douglas, 8th Earl of DouglasScottish nobleman
- 1500
Gerhard VI of OldenburgCount of Oldenburg - 1512
Amerigo VespucciItalian explorer and navigator - 1627
Olivier van NoortDutch privateer - 1674
Jean ChapelainFrench poet and critic - 1680
La VoisinFrench fortune teller and poisoner (d. 1680) - 1690
Charles Le BrunFrench painter and art theorist - 1731
Frederik Ruysch17/18th-century Dutch botanist and anatomist - 1732
Francis AtterburyEnglish man of letters, politician and bishop - 1770CChristopher SeiderFirst American killed in the American Revolution
- 1799
HeshenChinese politician - 1816
Adam FergusonScottish philosopher and historian - 1875
Jean-Baptiste-Camille CorotFrench painter and printmaker - 1875
Charles LyellScottish geologist - 1888
Anna KingsfordEnglish physician and social reformer - 1890
John Jacob Astor IIIUnion Army officer, capitalist, philanthropist - 1890
Carl BlochDanish painter - 1897
Charles BlondinFrench tightrope walker - 1898
Heungseon DaewongunRegent of Joseon from 1864 to 1873 - 1903
Hugo WolfAustrian composer - 1904
Leslie StephenEnglish writer and mountaineer - 1913
Ferdinand de SaussureSwiss linguist and philosopher - 1913
Francisco I. MaderoPresident of Mexico from 1911 to 1913 - 1923
Théophile DelcasséFrench statesman - 1932HHarriet Converse MoodyAmerican businesswoman and arts patron
- 1939
Antonio MachadoSpanish poet
- 1942
Stefan ZweigAustrian writer - 1943
Christoph ProbstGerman medical student and anti-Nazi resistance member - 1943
Hans SchollFounder of the anti-Nazi White Rose - 1943
Sophie SchollGerman anti-Nazi student activist - 1944
Kasturba GandhiWife of Mahatma Gandhi - 1944
Fritz SchmenkelGerman communist - 1945
Osip BrikRussian, writer, lawyer and literary critic - 1958
Maulana AzadIndian politician and writer - 1960
Paul-Émile BorduasCanadian artist
- 1961
Nick LaRoccaAmerican jazz cornetist and trumpeter - 1965
Felix FrankfurterAmerican jurist - 1971FFrédéric MariottiFrench actor
- 1973
Jean-Jacques BertrandPremier of Quebec from 1968 to 1970 - 1973
Elizabeth BowenIrish writer - 1973
Katina PaxinouGreek actress - 1973
Winthrop RockefellerGovernor of Arkansas from 1967 to 1971 - 1976
Angela BaddeleyEnglish actress - 1976
Florence BallardAmerican singer - 1980
Oskar KokoschkaAustrian dramatic, painter and writer - 1982
Josh MalihabadiPakistani poet - 1983
Adrian BoultEnglish conductor - 1983
Romain MaesBelgian cyclist - 1985
Salvador EspriuCatalan writer - 1985
Efrem ZimbalistRussian violinist, composer, and conductor - 1986
John Donnelly (rugby league)Australian rugby league footballer - 1987
David SusskindAmerican producer and talk show host - 1987
Andy WarholAmerican artist and filmmaker - 1992
Markos VafeiadisGreek communist guerrilla during World War II and Greek Civil War - 1994
Papa John CreachAmerican violinist - 1995
Ed FlandersAmerican actor - 1997
Joey AiuppaAmerican mobster - 1998
Abraham RibicoffAmerican politician - 1999
William BronkAmerican poet - 1999
Menno OostingDutch tennis player - 2002
Chuck JonesAmerican animator - 2002
Jonas SavimbiAngolan politician and rebel leader - 2004
Andy SeminickAmerican baseball player - 2005
Lee Eun-juSouth Korean actress - 2005
Simone SimonFrench actress
- 2006
S. RajaratnamSingaporean politician - 2007
George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl JellicoeBritish army officer, politician and businessman - 2007
Dennis JohnsonAmerican basketball player - 2012
Sukhbir (writer)Indian writer - 2012
Frank CarsonNorthern Irish comedian and actor - 2012
Marie ColvinAmerican war correspondent - 2012
Rémi OchlikFrench photojournalist - 2013
Atje Keulen-DeelstraDutch speed skater - 2013JJean-Louis MichonFrench traditionalist scholar
- 2013
Wolfgang SawallischGerman conductor and pianist - 2014
Charlotte DawsonNew Zealand–Australian television personality - 2014TTrebor Jay Tichenor
- 2014
Leo VromanDutch poet - 2015
Chris RainbowScottish pop rock singer and musician - 2019
Brody StevensAmerican comedian - 2019
Morgan WoodwardAmerican actor
- 2021
Lawrence FerlinghettiAmerican poet - 2024
John Lowe (musician)English pianist - 2026
El MenchoMexican drug lord
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Who died on February 22?
99 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 22, including Maximianus of Ravenna, Guo Wei, Peter Damian. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on February 22?
55 documented historical events happened on February 22, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Catalan forces of Ferdinand of Majorca defeated troops loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut at the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in modern-day Greece. On the same day, in another year: Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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