October 22nd, 1797

Born on October 22nd, 1797

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 22nd, 1797?

October 22nd, 1797

André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André-Jacques_Garnerin

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_balloon

What else 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The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.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, 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.

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

Born on October 22nd, 1797

67

Jakob Adam

Swiss politician (1797-1865)

*October 22nd, 1797, Allschwil †March 12th, 1865, Allschwil

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25

Roddy Ricch

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*October 22nd, 1998, Compton

74

Franz Liszt

Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811–1886)

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

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

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

83

Ivan Bunin

Russian winter and poet

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

85

Derek Jacobi

English actor (born 1938)

*October 22nd, 1938, Leytonstone

64

Marc Shaiman

American composer (born 1959)

*October 22nd, 1959, Newark

64

Edward Bury

British engineer (1794–1858)

*October 22nd, 1794, Salford †November 25th, 1858, Scarborough

53

Javier Milei

Economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023

*October 22nd, 1970, Buenos Aires

80

Catherine Deneuve

French actress

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

76

Clinton Davisson

American physicist (1881-1958)

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

84

Tony Roberts

American actor

*October 22nd, 1939, Manhattan

83

Josef Jahn

German sport cyclist

*October 22nd, 1940, Oskava

73

Carl Jakob Sundevall

Swedish zoologist (1801-1875)

*October 22nd, 1801, Ystad Municipality †February 2nd, 1875, Stockholm

50

Ichiro Suzuki

Japanese professional baseball player, MLB player (1973-)

*October 22nd, 1973, Toyoyama City

35

Corey Hawkins

American actor

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

59

Lionel Abelanski

French actor

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

25

Achille Etna Michallon

French painter (1796-1822)

*October 22nd, 1796, Paris †September 24th, 1822, Paris

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Born in 1797

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

51

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

German composer and writer

*January 10th, 1797, Burg Hülshoff †May 24th, 1848, Meersburg Castle

31

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer (1797–1828)

*January 31st, 1797, Himmelpfortgrund †November 19th, 1828, Vienna

53

Mary Shelley

British writer (1797–1851)

*August 30th, 1797, Somers Town †February 1st, 1851, Chester Square

58

Heinrich Heine

German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)

*December 13th, 1797, Düsseldorf †February 17th, 1856, Paris

71

Heinrich von Wittgenstein

German entrepreneur and politician (1797-1869)

*April 20th, 1797, Cologne †March 29th, 1869, Cologne

80

Adolphe Thiers

President of the French Republic (1797–1877)

*April 14th, 1797, Marseille †September 3rd, 1877, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

50

Gaetano Donizetti

Italian opera composer (1797–1848)

*November 29th, 1797, Bergamo †April 8th, 1848, Bergamo

80

Joseph Henry

American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian (1797-1878)

*December 17th, 1797, Albany †May 13th, 1878, Washington, D.C.

71

Mirza Ghalib

Pakistani poet (1797-1869)

*December 27th, 1797, Kala Mahal †February 15th, 1869, Ghalib ki Haveli

72

Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille

French physicist (1797-1869)

*April 22nd, 1797, Paris †December 26th, 1869, Paris

77

Charles Lyell

British geologist (1797–1875)

*November 14th, 1797, Angus †February 11th, 1875, London

90

William I, German Emperor

19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia

*March 22nd, 1797, Berlin †March 9th, 1888, Berlin

72

Henrik Hertz

Danish poet

*August 25th, 1797, Copenhagen †February 25th, 1870, Copenhagen

54

Manuel Lavalleja

Uruguayan soldier and captain (1797-1852)

*September 20th, 1797, Minas †July 9th, 1852, Salto

73

Jasper Ewing Brady

American politician

*March 4th, 1797, Sunbury †January 26th, 1871

29

Maria Leopoldina of Austria

Queen consort of Portugal and Empress consort of Brazil

*January 22nd, 1797, Vienna †December 11th, 1826, Rio de Janeiro

67

Giuditta Pasta

Italian opera singer (1798-1865)

*October 26th, 1797, Saronno †April 1st, 1865, Blevio

82

Karl Georg von Wächter

German jurist, judge and author (1797-1880)

*December 24th, 1797, Marbach am Neckar †January 15th, 1880, Leipzig

88

Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein

Prussian army officer (1797-1885)

*January 5th, 1797, Wrocław †April 6th, 1885, Dłużek, Lubusz Voivodeship

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No: With 365 days 1797 is a normal year and no leap year.

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