What happened on July 22

56 documented historical events happened on July 22, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the Battle of Anzen, near present-day Dazman, Turkey. On the same day, in another year: A crusader army captured Béziers, France, and massacred the city's inhabitants in the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade. 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 July 22, including Orson Bean, Jimmy Hill, Leonid Stolovich. 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.

101 people with a Wikipedia article died on July 22, including Frans Ackerman, Charles VII of France, Richard Wingfield. 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.

8 observances are celebrated on July 22 around the world: Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih, Christian feast day: Anna Wang, Christian feast day: Mary Magdalene, Christian feast day: Markella, Christian feast day: Nohra (Maronite Church), Christian feast day: Philip Evans and John Lloyd. 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.