October 22nd, 1820

Born on October 22nd, 1820

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 74,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 671 days, exactly on February 24th, 2026, people who were born on October 22nd, 1820 will be 75,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.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

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

76

Clinton Davisson

American physicist (1881-1958)

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

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

80

Catherine Deneuve

French actress

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

84

Tony Roberts

American actor

*October 22nd, 1939, Manhattan

75

Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle

French poet (1818–1894)

*October 22nd, 1818, Saint-Paul †July 17th, 1894, Louveciennes

83

Josef Jahn

German sport cyclist

*October 22nd, 1940, Oskava

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.

94

Doris Lessing

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

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

60

Brian Boitano

United States figure skater

*October 22nd, 1963, Mountain View

59

Lionel Abelanski

French actor

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

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Born in 1820

65

Georg Curtius

German classical scholar and philologist (1820-1885)

*April 16th, 1820, Lübeck †August 12th, 1885, Jelenia Góra

74

Friedrich Engels

German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)

*November 28th, 1820, Barmen †August 5th, 1895, London

90

Florence Nightingale

English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820-1910)

*May 12th, 1820, Florence †August 13th, 1910, London

63

Gustave Le Gray

French photographer

*August 30th, 1820, Villiers-le-Bel †July 29th, 1884, Cairo

49

Henry Jarvis Raymond

American journalist and politician (1820–1869)

*January 24th, 1820, Livingston County †June 18th, 1869, New York City

83

Herbert Spencer

English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)

*April 27th, 1820, Derby †December 8th, 1903, Brighton

52

David Kalisch

German writer (1820-1872)

*February 23rd, 1820, Wrocław †August 21st, 1872, Berlin

84

Charles Moore

Australian botanist (1820-1905)

*May 10th, 1820, Dundee †April 30th, 1905, Sydney

61

Edmond Membrée

French composer (1820-1882)

*November 14th, 1820, Valenciennes †September 10th, 1882, Domont

67

Jenny Lind

Swedish classical singer

*October 6th, 1820, Stockholm †November 2nd, 1887, Malvern

56

Donald McLean

New Zealand politician and government official (1820–1877)

*October 27th, 1820, Tiree †January 5th, 1877, Napier

86

Susan B. Anthony

American women's rights activist

*February 15th, 1820, Adams †March 13th, 1906, Rochester

81

Cornelius Gurlitt

German composer (1820-1901)

*February 10th, 1820, Altona †June 17th, 1901, Altona

89

Nadar

French photographer and balloonist (1820–1910)

*April 6th, 1820, rue Saint-Honoré †March 20th, 1910, avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt

94

Fanny Crosby

19th century Christian hymnist

*March 24th, 1820, Brewster †February 12th, 1915, Bridgeport

52

William John Macquorn Rankine

Civil engineer

*July 5th, 1820, Edinburgh †December 24th, 1872, Glasgow

69

Émile Augier

French writer (1820-1889)

*September 17th, 1820, Valence †October 25th, 1889, Villa Augier

69

Dion Boucicault

Irish actor and dramatist

*December 26th, 1820, Dublin †September 18th, 1890, New York City

57

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

King of Sardinia-Piemont and Italy (1849-1878)

*March 14th, 1820, Turin †January 9th, 1878, Rome

29

Anne Brontë

British novelist and poet (1820-1849)

*January 17th, 1820, Thornton †May 28th, 1849, Scarborough

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Public holidays on October 22nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1820 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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