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.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on January 22, including Fritz Houtermans, George Balanchine, Arkady Gaidar. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

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.

11 observances are celebrated on January 22 around the world: Christian feast day: Anastasius of Persia, Christian feast day: Gaudentius of Novara, Christian feast day: László Batthyány-Strattmann, Christian feast day: Laura Vicuna, Christian feast day: Vincent Pallotti, Christian feast day: Vincent of Saragossa. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.