Died on
Who died on January 22
113 figures who shaped history died on January 22.
- 113deaths
- 46events
Best known
Best known
Cao Rui
Emperor of Cao Wei from 226 to 239
Anastasius of Persia
Christian martyr (died 628)
Wang Chongyang
Founder of Quanzhen Taoism
Ferdinand II of León
King of León and Galicia from 1157 to 1188
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
French prince
Bernhard Knipperdolling
German leader of the Münster Anabaptists
Cao Rui — Emperor of Cao Wei from 226 to 239, who died on January 22 239.
Anastasius of Persia — Christian martyr (died 628), who died on January 22 628.
Wang Chongyang — Founder of Quanzhen Taoism, who died on January 22 1170.
Ferdinand II of León — King of León and Galicia from 1157 to 1188, who died on January 22 1188.
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon — French prince, who died on January 22 1341.
Bernhard Knipperdolling — German leader of the Münster Anabaptists, who died on January 22 1536.
All entries
- 906EEmpress He (Tang dynasty)Empress of China (898–900, 901–904)
- 935EEmpress Ma (Southern Han)
- 1001AAl-Muqallad ibn al-MusayyabEmir of Mosul
- 1051ÆÆlfric PuttocArchbishop of York from 1023 to 1051
- 1517HHadım Sinan PashaGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 to 1517
- 1536
John of LeidenDutch Anabaptist leader - 1552
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of SomersetLord Protector of England from 1547 to 1549 - 1560WWang Zhi (pirate)Chinese pirate (died 1560)
- 1575
James Hamilton, Duke of ChâtelleraultRegent of Scotland from 1543 to 1554 - 1599CCristofano MalvezziItalian composer
- 1666
Shah JahanMughal emperor from 1628 to 1658 - 1750
Franz Xaver Josef von UnertlBavarian statesman - 1763
John Carteret, 2nd Earl GranvilleBritish statesman - 1767
Johann Gottlob LehmannGerman and Russian mineralogist - 1779
Jeremiah DixonEnglish surveyor and astronomer - 1779CClaudius SmithAmerican Revolutionary War Loyalist
- 1798
Lewis MorrisAmerican Founding Father and developer - 1840
Johann Friedrich BlumenbachGerman physiologist and anthropologist - 1850
Vincent PallottiItalian Roman Catholic saint - 1879
Anthony DurnfordBritish Army officer - 1879
Henry PulleineCommander in the British Army - 1892
Joseph P. BradleyUS Supreme Court justice from 1870 to 1892 - 1900
David Edward HughesBritish-American musician and inventor - 1901
Queen VictoriaQueen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901 - 1906
George HolyoakeEnglish secularist writer
- 1909
Emil ErlenmeyerGerman chemist - 1921GGeorge StreeterAmerican criminal (c. 1837–1921)
- 1922
Fredrik BajerDanish politician - 1922
Pope Benedict XVHead of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922 - 1922
Camille JordanFrench mathematician - 1925
Fanny Bullock WorkmanAmerican mountaineer - 1927
James Ford RhodesAmerican industrialist and historian - 1929
R. C. LehmannEnglish writer and politician - 1930
Stephen MatherAmerican businessman and conservationist - 1931
László Batthyány-StrattmannHungarian aristocrat and physician
- 1945
Else Lasker-SchülerGerman poet and playwright - 1949WWilliam Thomas WalshAmerican Catholic historian and author
- 1950
Alan Hale Sr.American actor - 1951
Harald BohrDanish mathematician and footballer - 1951
Lawson RobertsonAmerican athlete and coach - 1955
Jonni MyyräFinnish athletics competitor - 1957
Ralph Barton PerryAmerican philosopher - 1959
Mike HawthornBritish racing driver - 1964
Marc BlitzsteinAmerican composer - 1966
Herbert MarshallEnglish actor - 1968
Duke KahanamokuHawaiian surfer
- 1971
Harry F. GuggenheimAmerican politician and businessman - 1973
Lyndon B. JohnsonPresident of the United States from 1963 to 1969 - 1977
Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-SuweilSaudi Arabian government official and major general - 1978
Oliver LeeseBritish Army general - 1978
Herbert SutcliffeEnglish cricketer - 1979
Ali Hassan SalamehPalestinian militant - 1980
Yitzhak BaerGerman-Israeli historian - 1981IIshtiaq Hussain QureshiPakistani historian, scholar, and academic
- 1982
Eduardo Frei MontalvaPresident of Chile From 1964 to 1970 - 1985AArthur BryantEnglish historian and columnist
- 1987
R. Budd DwyerAmerican politician - 1989
S. VithiananthanSri Lankan academic - 1991
Robert ChoquetteCanadian novelist, poet and diplomat
- 1993
Kōbō AbeJapanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor - 1994
Jean-Louis BarraultFrench actor and director - 1994
Telly SavalasAmerican actor
- 1996
Israel EldadIsraeli philosopher and Lehi leader - 1997
Billy MacKenzieScottish singer - 1999
Graham StainesAustralian missionary killed in India - 2000
Craig ClaiborneAmerican critic, journalist and author - 2000
Anne HébertCanadian author and poet - 2001
Tommie AgeeAmerican baseball player - 2001
Roy Brown (clown)American TV personality, puppeteer and clown - 2003
Bill MauldinAmerican editorial cartoonist - 2004
Billy MayAmerican composer, arranger and trumpeter - 2004TTom MeadAustralian politician and journalist
- 2004
Ann MillerAmerican actress and dancer - 2005
César GutiérrezVenezuelan baseball player - 2005
Carlo OrelliItalian soldier - 2005
Consuelo VelázquezMexican concert pianist and composer - 2006AAydın Güven GürkanTurkish politician
- 2007
Ngô Quang TrưởngSouth Vietnamese Army officer - 2007
Abbé PierreFrench Roman Catholic priest - 2007
Liz RenayAmerican actress and dancer - 2008
Heath LedgerAustralian actor - 2008
Miles LermanAmerican activist - 2009
Billy WerberAmerican baseball player - 2010LLouis R. HarlanAmerican historian
- 2010
Jean SimmonsBritish actress - 2012
Simon MarsdenEnglish photographer and author - 2012
Joe PaternoAmerican football player and coach - 2012CClarence TilleniusCanadian artist
- 2012
Dick TufeldAmerican announcer and actor - 2013
Robert BonnaudFrench historian - 2013
Hinton MitchemAmerican politician
- 2014
Maziar PartowIranian cinematographer - 2015
Fabrizio de MirandaItalian engineer - 2015
Wendell FordAmerican politician - 2015MMargaret Bloy GrahamCanadian children's book author and illustrator
- 2016
Homayoun BehzadiIranian footballer - 2016
Cecil ParkinsonBritish politician - 2016
Lois RamseyAustralian actress - 2016
Kamer GençTurkish politician
- 2017
Masaya Nakamura (businessman)Japanese businessman - 2017
Yordano VenturaDominican baseball player - 2018
Ursula K. Le GuinAmerican author - 2018
William B. JordanAmerican art historian - 2021
Hank AaronAmerican baseball player - 2022
Thích Nhất HạnhVietnamese Buddhist monk and activist - 2023
Lin BrehmerAmerican radio host - 2026
Hifumi KatōJapanese shogi player
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Who died on January 22?
113 people with a Wikipedia article died on January 22, including Cao Rui, Anastasius of Persia, Wang Chongyang. 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 January 22?
46 documented historical events happened on January 22, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Eutychius of Constantinople was arrested after he refused Byzantine emperor Justinian I's order to adopt the tenets of the Aphthartodocetae, a sect of non-Chalcedonian Christians. On the same day, in another year: Muhammad II became Sultan of Granada after his father's death in a riding accident. 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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