Events on 22 September 41
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The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.
Year 1236
The Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.
Year 1598
English playwright Ben Jonson kills actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel and is indicted for manslaughter.
Year 1692
The last of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials are hanged; the remainder of those convicted are all eventually released.
Year 1761
George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Birthdays on 22 September 224
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Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary
b. 1013 – d. 1075
Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary (d. 1075)
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Ibn Khallikan
b. 1211 – d. 1282
Ibn Khallikan, Iraqi scholar and judge (d. 1282)
Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester
b. 1373 – d. 1400
Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (d. 1400)
Anne of Cleves
b. 1515 – d. 1557
Anne of Cleves (d. 1557)
Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin
b. 1547 – d. 1590
Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet (d. 1590)
Vasili IV of Russia
b. 1552 – d. 1612
Tsar Vasili IV of Russia (d. 1612)
Matthäus Merian
b. 1593 – d. 1650
Matthäus Merian, Swiss-German engraver and cartographer (d. 1650)
Anne of Austria
b. 1601 – d. 1666
Anne of Austria (d. 1666)
Li Zicheng
b. 1606 – d. 1645
Li Zicheng, Chinese emperor (d. 1645)
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Barthold Heinrich Brockes
b. 1680 – d. 1747
Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
b. 1694 – d. 1773
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1773)
Jean-Étienne Guettard
b. 1715 – d. 1786
Jean-Étienne Guettard, French mineralogist and botanist (d. 1786)
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He Jin
d. 189 (b. 135)
He Jin, Chinese general and regent (b. 135)
Pope Felix IV
d. 530
Pope Felix IV
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang
d. 904 (b. 867)
Zhao Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 867)
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Wichmann the Younger
d. 967
Wichmann II, Frankish nobleman
Ouyang Xiu
d. 1072 (b. 1007)
Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian, poet, and politician (b. 1007)
Otto of Freising
d. 1158
Otto of Freising, German bishop and chronicler (b. c. 1114)
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Uhtred of Galloway
d. 1174
Uchtred, Lord of Galloway (b. c. 1120)
Dōgen
d. 1253 (b. 1200)
Dōgen, Japanese monk and philosopher (b. 1200)
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
d. 1345 (b. 1281)
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1281)
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk
d. 1399 (b. 1366)
Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of The United Kingdom (b. 1366)
John VII Palaiologos
d. 1408 (b. 1370)
John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1370)
Peter II, Duke of Brittany
d. 1457 (b. 1418)
Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)