October 22nd, 1743

Born on October 22nd, 1743

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 542 days, exactly on October 23rd, 2025, people who were born on October 22nd, 1743 will be 103,000 days old!

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What happened on October 22nd?

October 22nd, 2015

A sword-wielding man attacked students and teachers at a high school in Trollhättan, killing three people in Sweden's deadliest school attack.

October 22nd, 1987

John Adams' (pictured) opera Nixon in China premiered.

October 22nd, 1966

With their album The Supremes A' Go-Go, the Supremes became the first all-female group to reach number one on the Billboard 200 chart.

October 22nd, 1940

After evading French and Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot (pictured) arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile.

October 22nd, 1936

The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.

October 22nd, 1924

The educational non-profit organization Toastmasters International was founded at a YMCA in Santa Ana, California.

October 22nd, 1907

A bank run forced New York's Knickerbocker Trust Company to suspend operations, triggering the Panic of 1907 (pictured).

October 22nd, 1895

At Gare Montparnasse in Paris, an express train derailed after overrunning the buffer stop and crashed through the station wall, with the locomotive landing on the street below.

October 22nd, 1797

Dropping from a hydrogen balloon at a height of approximately 3,000 feet (1,000 m), André-Jacques Garnerin carried out the first descent using a frameless parachute.

October 22nd, 1740

A two-week massacre of ethnic Chinese in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, came to an end with at least 10,000 people killed.

October 22nd, 1727

George II and Caroline of Ansbach were crowned king and queen of Great Britain in Westminster Abbey.

October 22nd, 2014

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.

October 22nd, 2013

The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013.

October 22nd, 2012

Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.

October 22nd, 2008

India launches its first uncrewed lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 22nd?

25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

89

Bert suharga

German association football player and coach (1923-2013)

*October 22nd, 1923, Bremen †July 19th, 2013, La Llosa

74

Franz Liszt

Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811–1886)

*October 22nd, 1811, Raiding †July 31st, 1886, Bayreuth

74

Arsène Wenger

French association football player and manager

*October 22nd, 1949, Strasbourg

32

John Reed

American journalist, poet, and communist activist

*October 22nd, 1887, Portland †October 17th, 1920, Moscow

85

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

64

Marc Shaiman

American composer (born 1959)

*October 22nd, 1959, Newark

53

Javier Milei

Economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023

*October 22nd, 1970, Buenos Aires

83

Ivan Bunin

Russian winter and poet

*October 22nd, 1870, Voronezh †November 8th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

80

Catherine Deneuve

French actress

*October 22nd, 1943, 17th arrondissement of Paris

84

Tony Roberts

American actor

*October 22nd, 1939, Manhattan

83

Josef Jahn

German sport cyclist

*October 22nd, 1940, Oskava

76

Clinton Davisson

American physicist (1881-1958)

*October 22nd, 1881, Bloomington †February 1st, 1958, Charlottesville

35

Corey Hawkins

American actor

*October 22nd, 1988, Washington, D.C.

50

Ichiro Suzuki

Japanese professional baseball player, MLB player (1973-)

*October 22nd, 1973, Toyoyama City

60

Brian Boitano

United States figure skater

*October 22nd, 1963, Mountain View

59

Lionel Abelanski

French actor

*October 22nd, 1964, 20th arrondissement of Paris

94

Doris Lessing

British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer

*October 22nd, 1919, Kermanshah †November 17th, 2013, London

89

Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Brazilian film director (1928-2018)

*October 22nd, 1928, São Paulo †April 21st, 2018, Rio de Janeiro

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Born in 1743

83

Thomas Jefferson

President of the United States from 1801 to 1809

*April 13th, 1743, Shadwell †July 4th, 1826, Monticello

50

Antoine Lavoisier

French chemist

*August 26th, 1743, Paris †May 8th, 1794, place de la Concorde

80

Louise von Lengefeld

Hofmeisterin at the court of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and mother-in-law of Friedrich Schiller

*July 27th, 1743, Wolkramshausen †December 11th, 1823, Rudolstadt

50

Jean-Paul Marat

Politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

*May 24th, 1743, Boudry †July 13th, 1793, Paris

59

Toussaint Louverture

Haitian national hero

*May 20th, 1743, Cap-Haïtien †April 7th, 1803, Fort de Joux

50

Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet

French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743-1794)

*September 17th, 1743, Ribemont †March 29th, 1794, Bourg-la-Reine

79

René Just Haüy

French mineralogist

*February 28th, 1743, Saint-Just-en-Chaussée †June 3rd, 1822, Paris

78

José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa

Spanish military officer and viceroyal administrator (1743-1821)

*June 3rd, 1743, Oviedo †June 30th, 1821, Madrid

63

David Roentgen

German cabinetmaker (1743-1807)

*August 11th, 1743, Herrnhaag †February 12th, 1807, Wiesbaden

77

Joseph Banks

English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences (1743-1820)

*February 24th, 1743, Soho †June 19th, 1820, Isleworth

52

Alessandro Cagliostro

Italian occultist

*June 2nd, 1743, Palermo †August 26th, 1795, San Leo

69

Christian Ehregott Weinlig

German composer

*September 30th, 1743, Dresden †March 14th, 1813, Dresden

85

Christian Gottlieb von Arndt

German historian

*December 2nd, 1743, Łabędnik †January 2nd, 1829, Heidelberg

67

Francis Dana

Chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

*June 13th, 1743, Charlestown †April 25th, 1811, Cambridge

55

John Fitch

American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer (1743–1798)

*January 21st, 1743, South Windsor †July 2nd, 1798, Bardstown

62

Luigi Boccherini

Italian composer and cellist (1743–ayer)

*February 19th, 1743, Lucca †May 28th, 1805, Madrid

80

Edmund Cartwright

British inventor

*April 24th, 1743, Nottingham †October 30th, 1823, Kent

73

Gavrila Derzhavin

Russian poet

*July 3rd, 1743, Suqır †July 8th, 1816, Zvanka manor

50

Madame du Barry

French noblewoman by marriage (1743-1793), last mistress of Louis XV (from 1768 to 1774)

*August 19th, 1743, Vaucouleurs †December 8th, 1793, Paris

48

Richard Butler

United States general (1743-1791)

*April 1st, 1743, Dublin †November 4th, 1791, Ohio Country

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1743 is a normal year and no leap year.

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