February 22

Events

 * - The coronation of, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in temple.
 * - becomes.
 * - becomes.
 * - King enters  to claim the city's throne.
 * - 's  is published.
 * - : The begins.
 * - By the, sells  to the  for five million.
 * - : The - 5,000  troops drive off 15,000.
 * - The is founded in  as Eliot Seminary.
 * - The is founded.
 * - The opens its first national meeting in.
 * - is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in . He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on,.
 * - is founded in.
 * - In, opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent  stores.
 * - refounded.
 * -  signs a bill admitting, ,  and  as s.
 * - recognises the  as part of, in  claims them again.
 * - :  institutes.
 * - In, the first track to employ an imitation  opens.
 * - The begins the first transcontinental  route.
 * - becomes the first  to deliver a  broadcast from the.
 * - :  orders   out of the  as  defense collapses.
 * - Members of are executed in.
 * - American aircraft bombard the Dutch towns of, , and  by mistake, resulting in 800 dead in  alone.
 * - Communist coup in
 * - and  join to form the.
 * - wins the first.
 * - The last time all four were together for a recording session.
 * - : Following  's  to the, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
 * -  summit conference starts in . Thirty-seven countries are attending. Twenty-two heads of state and government participate.
 * 1974  -  tries and fails to assassinate.
 * - Independence of from the.
 * - The  team defeats the  team at the  in an upset dubbed the "".
 * - Start of the in the.
 * - and his wife are charged by the  with spying for the.
 * - In, , scientists announce that an adult named  had been successfully.
 * - n political and rebel leader is killed in a military ambush.
 * 2002 - A   crashes into the ocean near the, killing all 10 aboard.
 * - At least six men stage 's, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in ,.
 * -   and  become the first ever gold medalists of an indoor and a nighttime  event at a  or  level by winning their respective men's and women's individual sprint finals in,.

Births

 * -, French rabbi and commentator (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Italian humanist (d. )
 * -, English statesman (d. )
 * -, Swedish naturalist (d. )
 * -, French historian (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, German diplomat (d. )
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * -, German philosopher (d. )
 * -, French missionary (d. )
 * 1796  -, Belgian mathematician (d. )
 * -, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, American poet and essayist (d. )
 * -, second (d. )
 * -, American editor and publisher (d. )
 * -, German politician (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, English founder of the Boy Scouts (d. )
 * 1857  -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, French author (d. )
 * -, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (d. )
 * -, Swiss physicist (d. )
 * -, Danish physical chemist (d. )
 * -, Hungarian mathematician (d. )
 * -, British sculptor (d. )
 * -, American silent film actress (d. )
 * -, German author and poet (d. )
 * -, Polish chess player (d. )
 * -, U.S. Senator from (d. )
 * -, English Chief Girl Guide (d. )
 * -, Soviet politician (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Peruvian politician, founder of party (d. )
 * -, Polish general (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1899  -, American actor (d. )
 * 1899  -, Bulgarian painter (d. )
 * -, Spanish-born film director (d. )
 * -, Irish author (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, Canadian writer (d. )
 * 1903  -, Estonian Nazi (d. )
 * 1903 -, American baritone (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1907  -, American actor (d. )
 * - Sir, English actor (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (d. )
 * -, laureate
 * -, American writer and playwright (d. )
 * -, Canadian hockey player (d. )
 * 1918  -, American sports entrepreneur (d. )
 * 1918  -, American radio and television announcer
 * 1918  -, tallest person in history (d. )
 * -, ruler of the Central African Republic (d. )
 * 1921  -, American literary critic (d. )
 * 1921  -, Italian actress (d. )
 * -, Argentine racing driver (d. )
 * -, American illustrator (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * 1926  -, American film director
 * -, American actor
 * 1928  -, British entertainer
 * 1928  -, founder of the  (d. )
 * -, Chinese American actor
 * 1929  -, American actress
 * -, American singer
 * -, U.S. senator from
 * 1933  -, English footballer
 * -, American baseball manager
 * -, laureate
 * 1936  -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * 1938  -, founding member of the  (d. )      Jason Chao         the man who killed strong arm Daniel
 * -, South African politician
 * 1940  -, American photographer and  archivist
 * -, English model and showgirl
 * -, British theorist
 * 1943  -, President of Germany
 * -, American director
 * 1944  -, American lawyer
 * 1944  -, Dutch tennis player
 * -, American actress
 * 1945  -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, Austrian race car driver
 * 1949  -, Russian tennis player
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1950  -, American actress
 * 1950  -, Dutch singer
 * 1950  -, French actress
 * 1950  -, English performer, musician and artist
 * 1950  -, English actress
 * -, U.S. senator from
 * -, English musician
 * 1953  -, British actor
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Czech politician
 * 1959  -, American actor
 * -, Japanese guitarist
 * -, Australian herpetologist (d. )
 * 1962  -, American
 * 1962  -, Scottish darts player
 * -, Fijian golfer
 * -, Puerto Rican tennis player
 * -, American actress and comedienne
 * 1966  -, Australian politician
 * 1966  -, English pornographic actor
 * -, Austrian comedian
 * -, Canadian politician
 * 1968  -, American musician (d. )
 * 1968  -, American actress
 * -, Spanish dancer
 * 1969  -, Danish footballer
 * 1969  -, American bassist
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Filipina actress and singer
 * -, American tennis player
 * 1972  -, German speed skater
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, , currently playing for
 * 1973  -, Norwegian athlete
 * -, English musician
 * 1974  -, English DJ
 * -, American actress
 * -, South African rugby player
 * -, Australian footballer
 * 1979  -, South Korean actress
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, American pornographic actress
 * 1982  -, American water polo player
 * -, American actor
 * 1986  -, American basketball player
 * -, Polish footballer
 * -, Original Member Of Swedish Girl Band 'Play'
 * -, Polish footballer
 * -, Original Member Of Swedish Girl Band 'Play'

Deaths

 * - (b. )
 * - (killed in battle) (b. c.)
 * -, King of Sicily
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Italian merchant and explorer (b. )
 * -, Dutch navigator (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, French sorceress (b. c.)
 * -, French artist (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. )
 * -, English bishop and man of letters (b. )
 * -, English publisher (b. )
 * -, German officer and adventurer (b. )
 * -, infamous Chinese official at court (b. )
 * -, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * 1875  - Sir, Scottish geologist (b. )
 * -, American businessman (b. )
 * 1890  -, Danish painter (b. )
 * -, German Catholic prelate (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, English writer and critic (b. )
 * -, Swiss linguist (b. )
 * -, Emir of Kuwait (b. )
 * -, French statesman (b. )
 * -, Dutch conductor (b. )
 * -, Spanish poet (b. )
 * -, Austrian writer (b. )
 * -, German resistance fighter (b. )
 * 1943  -, German resistance fighter (b. )
 * 1943  -, German resistance fighter (b. )
 * -, Russian writer (b. )
 * -, Quebec painter (b. )
 * -, American jazz musician (b. )
 * -, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b. )
 * -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * -, Quebec politician, (b. )
 * 1973  -, Greek actress (b. )
 * -, American attempted assassin of Richard Nixon (b. )
 * -, English actress (b. )
 * 1976  -, American singer  (b. )
 * -, Austrian artist (b. )
 * -, poet of India and Pakistan (b. )
 * - Sir, English conductor (b. )
 * 1983  -, Belgian cyclist (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, Spanish poet (b. )
 * 1985  -, American actor (b. )
 * 1985  -, Russian violinist (b. )
 * -, American artist, director, and writer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American gangster (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, Dutch tennis player (b. )
 * -, Spanish politician (b. )
 * -, American animator (b. )
 * 2002  -, Angolan rebel leader (b. )
 * 2002  -, Australian diplomat and war hero (b. )
 * 2002  -, American journalist (b. )
 * -, American screenwriter (b. )
 * -, Uruguayan footballer (b. )
 * 2004  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Polish artist (b. )
 * 2005  -, French actress (b. )
 * 2005  -, Korean actress (b. )
 * -, American musician and singer (b. )
 * -, American basketball player (b. )
 * 2007  -, oldest U.S. veteran of WWI (b. )
 * 2007  -, Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (b. )
 * 2007  -, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords &  veteran (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * &mdash;.
 * &mdash; independence (1979).
 * The movement and the  celebrate this day as "", "B.-P. day", or "Founder's Day", as it is the shared birthday of the Scouts' founder   and his wife, , the.

Liturgical feasts

 * &mdash;.
 * Blessed (died 1270)