What are the important events that happened on October 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 22: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 22 is the 295^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 70 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 9, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 489,192 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontapentagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 118 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,688 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 22 Historical Events

• 794 –
  Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto).
• 1383 –
  The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne, sparking a period of civil war and disorder.
• 1633 –
  Battle of southern Fujian sea: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
• 1784 –
  Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.
• 1797 –
  One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris, André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump.
• 1883 –
  The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust.
• 1927 –
  Nikola Tesla exposed his six (6) new inventions including motor with onephase electricity
• 1999 –
  Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
• 2005 –
  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.
• 2007 –
  Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one died in this attack. Eight Sri Lankan Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.

Who were born on October 22?

• 1701 –
  Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756)
• 1734 –
  Daniel Boone, American pioneer and hunter (d. 1820)
• 1870 –
  Ivan Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
• 1922 –
  Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (d. 2001)
• 1942 –
  Annette Funicello, American actress
• 1945 –
  Yvan Ponton, Canadian actor and television host
• 1964 –
  Toby Mac, American singer and songwriter
• 1968 –
  Shelby Lynne, American singer and songwriter
• 1969 –
  Héctor Carrasco, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 –
  Olivier Pla, French racing driver

Who died on October 22?

• 741 –
  Charles Martel, leader of the Franks (b. 686)
• 1625 –
  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
• 1891 –
  Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (b. 1846)
• 1914 –
  Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)
• 1918 –
  Myrtle Gonzalez, American film and stage actress (b. 1891)
• 1954 –
  Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
• 1956 –
  Hannah Mitchell, English socialist and suffragette (b. 1872)
• 1986 –
  Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1995 –
  Sir Kingsley Amis, English writer (b. 1922)
• 2002 –
  Richard Helms, American CIA director (b. 1913)