On January 22, history records 47 notable events, 210 famous births and 106 deaths, spanning the years 613 to 1863.
Events on this day include: Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. (613); Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by king Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing. (871).
Notable people born on January 22 include Emperor Montoku (826), Ibn Taymiyyah (1263), Ivan III of Russia (1440).
Notable figures who died on this day include Cao Rui (239), Anastasius of Persia (628), Empress He (Tang dynasty) (906).
Events on 22 January 47
See all →Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.
Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by king Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing.
The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya.
The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.
The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
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Birthdays on 22 January 210
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Deaths on 22 January 106
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