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| October 22nd, 2007 (October 22 2007) | Death | Eve Curie French writer (born in 1904) | |
| October 22nd, 2006 (October 22 2006) | Event | A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama. | |
| October 22nd, 2006 (October 22 2006) | Death | Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (born in 1922) | |
| October 22nd, 2005 (October 22 2005) | Event | Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms. | |
| October 22nd, 2005 (October 22 2005) | Death | Arman, French-born artist (born in 1928) | |
| October 22nd, 2005 (October 22 2005) | Death | Tony Adams, Irish film producer (born in 1953) | |
| October 22nd, 2005 (October 22 2005) | Death | Franky Gee, American singer (Captain Jack) (born in 1962) | |
| October 22nd, 2002 (October 22 2002) | Death | Queen Geraldina of the Albanians (born in 1915) | |
| October 22nd, 2001 (October 22 2001) | Death | Prof. Dr. Dkfm. Helmut Krackowizer, journalist and motorcycle racer (born in 1922) | |
| October 22nd, 1999 (October 22 1999) | Event | Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity. | |
| October 22nd, 1998 (October 22 1998) | Death | Eric Ambler, English novelist (born in 1909) | |
| October 22nd, 1997 (October 22 1997) | Death | Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (born in 1905) | |
| October 22nd, 1995 (October 22 1995) | Death | Sir Kingsley Amis, English writer (born in 1922) | |
| October 22nd, 1993 (October 22 1993) | Birth | Jack Webster, pro magician | |
| October 22nd, 1993 (October 22 1993) | Death | Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver (born in 1930) | |
| October 22nd, 1992 (October 22 1992) | Birth | Sofia Vassilieva, American actress | |
| October 22nd, 1992 (October 22 1992) | Death | Cleavon Little, American actor (born in 1939) | |
| October 22nd, 1991 (October 22 1991) | Event | Dimitrios Arhondonis, metropolitan of Chalcedon elected 270th Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch as Patriarch Bartholomew I of the Orthodox church. | |
| October 22nd, 1990 (October 22 1990) | Birth | Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor | |
| October 22nd, 1989 (October 22 1989) | Death | Ewan MacColl, English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (born in 1915) | |
| October 22nd, 1987 (October 22 1987) | Birth | Jake Richardson, English footballer | |
| October 22nd, 1987 (October 22 1987) | Death | Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (born in 1919) | |
| October 22nd, 1986 (October 22 1986) | Birth | Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player | |
| October 22nd, 1986 (October 22 1986) | Death | Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1893) | |
| October 22nd, 1986 (October 22 1986) | Death | Jane Dornacker, musician, actress, and traffic reporter for WNBC Radio. | |
| October 22nd, 1986 (October 22 1986) | Death | Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician | |
| October 22nd, 1985 (October 22 1985) | Birth | Zachary Hanson, American musician (Hanson) | |
| October 22nd, 1985 (October 22 1985) | Death | Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (born in 1894) | |
| October 22nd, 1983 (October 22 1983) | Event | Two correctional officers are killed by inmates in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspired the Supermax model of prisons. | |
| October 22nd, 1983 (October 22 1983) | Birth | Glenn Loovens, Dutch footballer | |
| October 22nd, 1982 (October 22 1982) | Birth | The Untouchable DJ Drastic, DJ, Radio Personality, & Music Industry Professional | |
| October 22nd, 1982 (October 22 1982) | Birth | Robinson Cano, Dominican baseball player | |
| October 22nd, 1982 (October 22 1982) | Birth | Heath Miller, American football player | |
| October 22nd, 1981 (October 22 1981) | Event | The United States Federal Labor Relations Authority votes to decertify the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization for its strike the previous August. | |
| October 22nd, 1981 (October 22 1981) | Event | The founding congress of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation faction led by Hareram Sharma and D.P. Singh begins. | |
| October 22nd, 1981 (October 22 1981) | Event | The TGV railway service Paris-Lyon is inaugurated. | |
| October 22nd, 1981 (October 22 1981) | Birth | Olivier Pla, French racing driver | |
| October 22nd, 1980 (October 22 1980) | Birth | Garrett Tierney, American musician (Brand New) | |
| October 22nd, 1979 (October 22 1979) | Death | Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (born in 1887) | |
| October 22nd, 1978 (October 22 1978) | Birth | Owais Shah, English cricketer | |
| October 22nd, 1978 (October 22 1978) | Birth | Dion Glover, American basketball player | |
| October 22nd, 1978 (October 22 1978) | Birth | Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (died in 2007) | |
| October 22nd, 1978 (October 22 1978) | Death | John Riley, English poet (murdered) (born in 1937) | |
| October 22nd, 1976 (October 22 1976) | Event | Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. The dye is still used in Canada. | |
| October 22nd, 1976 (October 22 1976) | Birth | Jon Foreman, American musician (Switchfoot) | |
| October 22nd, 1976 (October 22 1976) | Birth | Helen Svedin, Swedish model | |
| October 22nd, 1975 (October 22 1975) | Birth | Martin Cardetti, Argentine footballer | |
| October 22nd, 1975 (October 22 1975) | Birth | Michel Salgado, Spanish footballer | |
| October 22nd, 1974 (October 22 1974) | Birth | Tim Kinsella, American musician | |
| October 22nd, 1974 (October 22 1974) | Birth | Jeff McInnis, American NBA basketball player | |
| October 22nd, 1974 (October 22 1974) | Birth | Miroslav Satan, Slovak ice hockey player | |
| October 22nd, 1973 (October 22 1973) | Birth | Andres Palop, Spanish footballer | |
| October 22nd, 1973 (October 22 1973) | Birth | Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player | |
| October 22nd, 1973 (October 22 1973) | Death | Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (born in 1876) | Pablo Casals Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1972 (October 22 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris. Thieu rejects the proposal and accused the United States of conspiring to undermine his regime | Henry Kissinger Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1972 (October 22 1972) | Birth | D Lo Brown, American professional wrestler | |
| October 22nd, 1970 (October 22 1970) | Event | Tunku Abdul Rahman resign from Prime Minister of Malaysia. | |
| October 22nd, 1969 (October 22 1969) | Birth | Hector Carrasco, Dominican baseball player | |
| October 22nd, 1969 (October 22 1969) | Birth | Spike Jonze, American director and film producer | |
| October 22nd, 1969 (October 22 1969) | Birth | Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer | |
| October 22nd, 1969 (October 22 1969) | Death | Tommy Edwards, American signer (born in 1922) | |
| October 22nd, 1968 (October 22 1968) | Event | Apollo program: Apollo 7 safely splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean after orbiting the Earth 163 times. | |
| October 22nd, 1968 (October 22 1968) | Birth | Shaggy, Jamaican musician | |
| October 22nd, 1968 (October 22 1968) | Birth | Stephane Quintal, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 22nd, 1968 (October 22 1968) | Birth | Jay Johnston, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show) | |
| October 22nd, 1967 (October 22 1967) | Birth | Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer | |
| October 22nd, 1967 (October 22 1967) | Birth | Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 22nd, 1967 (October 22 1967) | Birth | Carlos Mencia, Honduras-born American comedian | |
| October 22nd, 1967 (October 22 1967) | Birth | Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (died in 1994) | |
| October 22nd, 1966 (October 22 1966) | Event | The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A Go-Go). | |
| October 22nd, 1966 (October 22 1966) | Birth | Valeria Golino, Italian actress | |
| October 22nd, 1965 (October 22 1965) | Birth | John Wesley Harding, American musician | John Wesley Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1965 (October 22 1965) | Birth | Otis Smith, American football player | |
| October 22nd, 1964 (October 22 1964) | Event | Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honour. | Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1964 (October 22 1964) | Event | Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada. | |
| October 22nd, 1964 (October 22 1964) | Birth | Drazen Petrovic, Croatian basketball player (died in 1993) | |
| October 22nd, 1964 (October 22 1964) | Birth | Toby Mac, American singer and songwriter | |
| October 22nd, 1963 (October 22 1963) | Event | BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes on October 22 in UK with the loss of all on board. | |
| October 22nd, 1963 (October 22 1963) | Birth | Brian Boitano, American figure skater | |
| October 22nd, 1962 (October 22 1962) | Event | Cuban Missile Crisis: US President John F. Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American spy planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the island nation. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1962 (October 22 1962) | Birth | Bob Odenkirk, American actor and comedian (Mr. Show) | |
| October 22nd, 1961 (October 22 1961) | Birth | Robert Torti, American actor | |
| October 22nd, 1960 (October 22 1960) | Event | Independence of Mali from France. | |
| October 22nd, 1960 (October 22 1960) | Birth | Darryl Jenifer, American bassist (Bad Brains) | |
| October 22nd, 1960 (October 22 1960) | Birth | Cris Kirkwood, American musician (Meat Puppets) | |
| October 22nd, 1959 (October 22 1959) | Birth | Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (died in 2005) | |
| October 22nd, 1959 (October 22 1959) | Birth | Marc Shaiman, American composer | |
| October 22nd, 1957 (October 22 1957) | Event | Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam. | |
| October 22nd, 1956 (October 22 1956) | Event | A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan. | |
| October 22nd, 1956 (October 22 1956) | Birth | Frank DiPino, American baseball player | |
| October 22nd, 1954 (October 22 1954) | Death | Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (born in 1899) | |
| October 22nd, 1953 (October 22 1953) | Event | Laos gains independence from France. | |
| October 22nd, 1952 (October 22 1952) | Birth | Jeff Goldblum, American actor | |
| October 22nd, 1952 (October 22 1952) | Death | Ernst Rudin, Swiss nazi physician (born in 1874) | |
| October 22nd, 1949 (October 22 1949) | Birth | Stiv Bators, American musician (The Dead Boys) (died in 1990) | |
| October 22nd, 1949 (October 22 1949) | Birth | Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician | |
| October 22nd, 1949 (October 22 1949) | Birth | Arsene Wenger, French football manager | Arsene Wenger Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1948 (October 22 1948) | Birth | Lynette Fromme, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford | Gerald Ford Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1947 (October 22 1947) | Birth | Raymond Bachand, French-Canadian politician and businessman | |
| October 22nd, 1947 (October 22 1947) | Birth | Haley Barbour, American politician, governor of Mississippi | |
| October 22nd, 1946 (October 22 1946) | Event | Forty four British sailors die when two British warships hit mines off the coast of Albania. | |
| October 22nd, 1946 (October 22 1946) | Birth | Kelvin MacKenzie, British media tycoon | |
| October 22nd, 1946 (October 22 1946) | Birth | Claude Charron, French-Canadian politician and TV personality | |
| October 22nd, 1946 (October 22 1946) | Birth | Eddie Brigati, American singer (The Rascals) | |
| October 22nd, 1945 (October 22 1945) | Birth | Leslie West, American musician | |
| October 22nd, 1945 (October 22 1945) | Birth | Sheila Sherwood, British long jumper | |
| October 22nd, 1945 (October 22 1945) | Birth | Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host | |
| October 22nd, 1944 (October 22 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies. | |
| October 22nd, 1943 (October 22 1943) | Event | World War II: Kassel: RAF conducts an air raid on the city of 236,000 people, killing 10,000, rendering 150,000 homeless. Second firestorm raid in Germany | |
| October 22nd, 1943 (October 22 1943) | Birth | Jan de Bont, Dutch film director | |
| October 22nd, 1943 (October 22 1943) | Birth | Catherine Deneuve, French actress | |
| October 22nd, 1943 (October 22 1943) | Birth | Allen Coage, American professional wrestler | |
| October 22nd, 1942 (October 22 1942) | Birth | Annette Funicello, American actress | |
| October 22nd, 1942 (October 22 1942) | Birth | Bobby Fuller, American rock guitarist (died in 1966) | |
| October 22nd, 1941 (October 22 1941) | Event | French hero of the resistance Guy Moquet is executed by the Germans, along with 29 other hostages as a retaliation for a killed German officer. | |
| October 22nd, 1941 (October 22 1941) | Death | Guy Moquet, French hero of the resistance(executed)(born in 1924) | |
| October 22nd, 1939 (October 22 1939) | Birth | George Cohen, English footballer | |
| October 22nd, 1939 (October 22 1939) | Birth | Tony Roberts, American actor | |
| October 22nd, 1938 (October 22 1938) | Birth | Derek Jacobi, English actor | |
| October 22nd, 1938 (October 22 1938) | Birth | Christopher Lloyd, American actor | |
| October 22nd, 1937 (October 22 1937) | Birth | Manos Loizos, Greek composer (died in 1982) | |
| October 22nd, 1936 (October 22 1936) | Birth | Bobby Seale, American civil rights activist | |
| October 22nd, 1935 (October 22 1935) | Event | Establishment of the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. | |
| October 22nd, 1935 (October 22 1935) | Birth | Ann Rule, American true-crime writer | |
| October 22nd, 1935 (October 22 1935) | Death | Komitas, Armenian composer (born in 1869) | |
| October 22nd, 1934 (October 22 1934) | Event | In East Liverpool, Ohio, notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd is shot and killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. | |
| October 22nd, 1934 (October 22 1934) | Death | Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (born in 1904) | |
| October 22nd, 1933 (October 22 1933) | Birth | Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer (died in 2007) | |
| October 22nd, 1929 (October 22 1929) | Birth | Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (died in 1990) | |
| October 22nd, 1929 (October 22 1929) | Birth | Dory Previn, American songwriter | |
| October 22nd, 1928 (October 22 1928) | Event | Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. | |
| October 22nd, 1928 (October 22 1928) | Birth | Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director | |
| October 22nd, 1928 (October 22 1928) | Death | Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (born in 1862) | |
| October 22nd, 1927 (October 22 1927) | Birth | Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (died in 2005) | |
| October 22nd, 1927 (October 22 1927) | Death | Borisav "Bora" Stankovic, Serbian writer (born in 1876) | |
| October 22nd, 1926 (October 22 1926) | Event | J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal. | Harry Houdini Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1925 (October 22 1925) | Birth | Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and graphic artist | |
| October 22nd, 1924 (October 22 1924) | Event | Toastmasters International is founded. | |
| October 22nd, 1923 (October 22 1923) | Birth | Bert Trautmann, German former footballer | |
| October 22nd, 1922 (October 22 1922) | Birth | Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (died in 2001) | |
| October 22nd, 1921 (October 22 1921) | Birth | Georges Brassens, French singer (died in 1981) | |
| October 22nd, 1921 (October 22 1921) | Birth | Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (died in 1986) | Alexander Kronrod Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1920 (October 22 1920) | Birth | Timothy Leary, American writer (died in 1996) | Timothy Leary Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1919 (October 22 1919) | Birth | Doris Lessing, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate | Doris Lessing Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1919 (October 22 1919) | Birth | Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (died in 2001) | |
| October 22nd, 1918 (October 22 1918) | Birth | Lou Klein, American baseball player (died in 1976) | |
| October 22nd, 1918 (October 22 1918) | Death | Myrtle Gonzalez, American film and stage actress (born in 1891) | |
| October 22nd, 1917 (October 22 1917) | Birth | Joan Fontaine, American actress | |
| October 22nd, 1917 (October 22 1917) | Death | Bob Fitzsimmons, English boxer (born in 1863) | |
| October 22nd, 1913 (October 22 1913) | Birth | B?o D?i, Emperor of Vietnam (died in 1997) | |
| October 22nd, 1913 (October 22 1913) | Birth | Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (died in 2008) | |
| October 22nd, 1913 (October 22 1913) | Birth | Robert Capa, American war photographer (born in Hungary) (died in 1954) | |
| October 22nd, 1913 (October 22 1913) | Birth | Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (died in 2002) | |
| October 22nd, 1912 (October 22 1912) | Birth | Frances Drake, American actress (died in 2000) | |
| October 22nd, 1910 (October 22 1910) | Event | Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and was subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London. | |
| October 22nd, 1908 (October 22 1908) | Birth | John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (died in 2003) | |
| October 22nd, 1907 (October 22 1907) | Event | Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock sets events in motion that will lead to a depression. | |
| October 22nd, 1907 (October 22 1907) | Birth | Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (died in 1967) | |
| October 22nd, 1906 (October 22 1906) | Death | Paul Cezanne, French painter (born in 1839) | |
| October 22nd, 1905 (October 22 1905) | Birth | Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-born composer (died in 1969) | |
| October 22nd, 1904 (October 22 1904) | Birth | Constance Bennett, American actress (died in 1965) | |
| October 22nd, 1903 (October 22 1903) | Birth | George Wells Beadle, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (died in 1989) | |
| October 22nd, 1903 (October 22 1903) | Birth | Curly Howard, American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (died in 1952) | |
| October 22nd, 1896 (October 22 1896) | Birth | Charles Glen King, American biochemist (died in 1988) | |
| October 22nd, 1895 (October 22 1895) | Event | In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop and crosses more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse. | |
| October 22nd, 1894 (October 22 1894) | Birth | Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera performer (died in 1961) | |
| October 22nd, 1891 (October 22 1891) | Birth | Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (d.1988) | |
| October 22nd, 1891 (October 22 1891) | Death | Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (born in 1846) | |
| October 22nd, 1887 (October 22 1887) | Birth | John Reed, American journalist (died in 1920) | |
| October 22nd, 1886 (October 22 1886) | Birth | Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (died in 1970) | |
| October 22nd, 1883 (October 22 1883) | Event | The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod s Faust (opera). | |
| October 22nd, 1883 (October 22 1883) | Death | Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (born in 1818) | |
| October 22nd, 1881 (October 22 1881) | Birth | Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1958) | |
| October 22nd, 1878 (October 22 1878) | Event | The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton. | |
| October 22nd, 1877 (October 22 1877) | Event | The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners. Those widows and orphans who were unable to support themselves were evicted by the mine owners and likely sent to the Poor House. | |
| October 22nd, 1875 (October 22 1875) | Event | First telegraphic connection in Argentina. | |
| October 22nd, 1873 (October 22 1873) | Birth | Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (died in 1950) | |
| October 22nd, 1870 (October 22 1870) | Birth | Alfred Douglas, English partner of Oscar Wilde (died in 1945) | Oscar Wilde Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1870 (October 22 1870) | Birth | Ivan Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1953) | |
| October 22nd, 1867 (October 22 1867) | Event | Foundation of the National University of Colombia. | |
| October 22nd, 1866 (October 22 1866) | Event | Paraguay: Battle of Curupayti against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. | |
| October 22nd, 1865 (October 22 1865) | Birth | Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (died in 1943) | |
| October 22nd, 1859 (October 22 1859) | Death | Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (born in 1784) | |
| October 22nd, 1858 (October 22 1858) | Birth | German Empress Augusta Victoria, wife of German Emperor Wilhelm II (died in 1921) | |
| October 22nd, 1847 (October 22 1847) | Death | Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa | |
| October 22nd, 1844 (October 22 1844) | Event | The Great Anticipation: Millerites, followers of William Miller, anticipated the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment. | William Miller Quotes |
| October 22nd, 1844 (October 22 1844) | Birth | Louis Riel, Canadian Metis Political Leader (died in 1885) | |
| October 22nd, 1836 (October 22 1836) | Event | Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas. | |
| October 22nd, 1821 (October 22 1821) | Birth | Collis Potter Huntington, American railroad executive (died in 1900) | |
| October 22nd, 1818 (October 22 1818) | Birth | Charles-Marie-Rene Leconte de Lisle, French poet (died in 1894) | |
| October 22nd, 1811 (October 22 1811) | Birth | Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer (died in 1886) | |
| October 22nd, 1809 (October 22 1809) | Birth | Volney E. Howard, American politician (died in 1889) | |
| October 22nd, 1797 (October 22 1797) | Event | One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump. | |
| October 22nd, 1792 (October 22 1792) | Death | Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (born in 1725) | |
| October 22nd, 1784 (October 22 1784) | Event | Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska. | |
| October 22nd, 1770 (October 22 1770) | Birth | Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (died in 1831) | |
| October 22nd, 1755 (October 22 1755) | Death | Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (born in 1694) | |
| October 22nd, 1751 (October 22 1751) | Death | William IV, Prince of Orange (born in 1711) | |
| October 22nd, 1746 (October 22 1746) | Event | The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter. | |
| October 22nd, 1734 (October 22 1734) | Birth | Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (died in 1820) | |
| October 22nd, 1729 (October 22 1729) | Birth | Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (died in 1798) | |
| October 22nd, 1708 (October 22 1708) | Death | Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (born in 1636) | |
| October 22nd, 1701 (October 22 1701) | Birth | Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (died in 1756) | |
| October 22nd, 1692 (October 22 1692) | Birth | Elizabeth Farnese, second queen of King Philip V of Spain (died in 1766) | |
| October 22nd, 1689 (October 22 1689) | Birth | King John V of Portugal (died in 1750) | |
| October 22nd, 1688 (October 22 1688) | Birth | Nadir Shah of Persia (died in 1747) | |
| October 22nd, 1674 (October 22 1674) | Death | Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (born in 1621) | |
| October 22nd, 1633 (October 22 1633) | Event | Ming dynasty fight with Dutch East India Company that Battle of southern Fujian sea (1633), Ming dynasty won great victory. | |
| October 22nd, 1625 (October 22 1625) | Death | Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (born in 1561) | |
| October 22nd, 1613 (October 22 1613) | Death | Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer | |
| October 22nd, 1592 (October 22 1592) | Birth | Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (died in 1657) | |
| October 22nd, 1575 (October 22 1575) | Event | Foundation of Aguascalientes. | |
| October 22nd, 1565 (October 22 1565) | Death | Jean, Vicomte d Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (born in 1479) | |
| October 22nd, 1558 (October 22 1558) | Birth | Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (died in 1651) | |
| October 22nd, 1511 (October 22 1511) | Birth | Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (died in 1553) | |
| October 22nd, 1383 (October 22 1383) | Event | The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: A period of civil war and disorder began when King Fernando died without a male heir to the Portuguese throne. | |
| October 22nd, 1383 (October 22 1383) | Death | King Fernando I of Portugal (born in 1345) | |
| October 22nd, 1197 (October 22 1197) | Birth | Emperor Juntoku of Japan (died in 1242) | |
| October 22nd, 1071 (October 22 1071) | Birth | William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and poet (died in 1126) | |
| October 22nd, 0794 (October 22 0794) | Event | Emperor Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto). | |
| October 22nd, 0741 (October 22 0741) | Death | Charles Martel, leader of the Franks (born in 686) | |
| October 22nd, 0362 (October 22 0362) | Event | The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire. | |
| October 22nd, 0202 (October 22 0202) | Event | Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus in the Battle of Zama. | |
