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Who died on May 22

86 figures who shaped history died on May 22.

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Constantine the Great — Roman emperor from 306 to 337, who died on May 22 337.

Empress Genshō — Empress of Japan from 715 to 724, who died on May 22 748.

Blanche of England — English princess, who died on May 22 1409.

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset — English noble, who died on May 22 1455.

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron Clifford — 15th-century English noble, who died on May 22 1455.

Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland — English nobleman and military commander, who died on May 22 1455.

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Who died on May 22?

86 people with a Wikipedia article died on May 22, including Constantine the Great, Empress Genshō, Blanche of England. 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 May 22?

80 documented historical events happened on May 22, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine navy began a raid on the Nile Delta port city of Damietta, whose garrison was absent at the time. On the same day, in another year: Albrecht von Wallenstein and King Christian IV of Denmark signed the Treaty of Lübeck to end Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War. 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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