July 22nd, 1861

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Born on July 22nd, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 22nd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 22nd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1861)

Born on July 22nd, 1861

Weekday

Monday

July 22nd, 1861 was a Monday.

Age

162

People born on July 22nd, 1861 will turn 163 this year (2024), in exactly 90 days .

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

June 23rd, 1861 - July 22nd, 1861

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 555 days, exactly on October 30th, 2025, people who were born on July 22nd, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,445 Days

8,492 Weeks

1,953 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on July 22nd?

July 22nd, 2002

The Israel Defense Forces bombed the home of Salah Shehade, the leader of the military arm of the Palestinian organization Hamas, killing him, his family and neighboring civilians.

July 22nd, 1991

American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after police discovered human remains in his apartment.

July 22nd, 1975

Stanley Forman took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo Fire Escape Collapse, which spurred action to improve the safety of fire escapes across the United States.

July 22nd, 1963

The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak.

July 22nd, 1954

A limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, due to organized crime.

July 22nd, 1944

World War II: In opposition to the London-based government-in-exile, the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation was proclaimed to govern territory recaptured from Nazi Germany.

July 22nd, 1894

Jules-Albert de Dion (pictured) finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.

July 22nd, 1864

American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.

July 22nd, 1802

Gia Long (pictured) conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.

July 22nd, 1691

Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.

July 22nd, 1298

First War of Scottish Independence: English forces led by Edward I defeated William Wallace's Scottish troops at the Battle of Falkirk.

July 22nd, 1209

A crusader army captured Béziers, France, and massacred the city's inhabitants in the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.

July 22nd, 0838

Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the Battle of Anzen, near present-day Dazman, Turkey.

July 22nd, 2019

Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.

July 22nd, 2013

Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.

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

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

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress (born 1992)

*July 22nd, 1992, Grand Prairie

Marília Mendonça

Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist (1995–2021)

*July 22nd, 1995, Cristianópolis †November 5th, 2021, Piedade de Caratinga

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

Janusz Korczak

Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878– 1942)

*July 22nd, 1878, Warsaw †August 7th, 1942, Treblinka extermination camp

Gregor Mendel

Silesian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)

*July 22nd, 1822, Hynčice †January 6th, 1884, Brno

Thomas Kraft

German footballer

*July 22nd, 1988, Kirchen

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

Samuel Colt

19th-century American industrialist and inventor (1814–1862)

*July 22nd, 1814, Hartford †January 10th, 1862, Hartford

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

Denyse Julien

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1960, Rouyn-Noranda

Jakub Bitman

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1988, Prague

Alan Menken

American composer (born 1949)

*July 22nd, 1949, New Rochelle

Danny Glover

American actor, film director and political activist

*July 22nd, 1946, San Francisco

Hirari Mizui

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 2000, Nara Prefecture

Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari

Indonesian badminton player

*July 22nd, 1987, Temanggung

Stephen Vincent Benét

American poet, short story writer, novelist

*July 22nd, 1898, Bethlehem †March 13th, 1943, New York City

César Ferioli

Spanish, Italian rooted comic book artist.

*July 22nd, 1959, Barcelona

Iwona Niedźwiedź

Polish handball player

*July 22nd, 1979, Nowy Sącz

Same year
Born in 1861

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda

Nellie Melba

Australian opera singer

*May 19th, 1861, Melbourne †February 23rd, 1931, Sydney

Friedrich Simon Archenhold

German astronomer

*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin

Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean

Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome

Marie von Miller

German painter (1861–1933)

*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg

Mehmed VI

Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, Sanremo

Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg

Johannes Angern

*June 13th, 1861, Germany †September 10th, 1938, Berlin

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian (1861-1932)

*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino

Victor Horta

Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau

*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach

Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, Göttingen

Charles Édouard Guillaume

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, Sèvres

Pauline Johnson

Canadian poet and performer

*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, Vancouver

Luigi Facta

Italian politician (1861-1930)

*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, Pinerolo

José Rizal

Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)

*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, Manila

Ludwig Fulda

German writer

*November 30th, 1861, Frankfurt †March 30th, 1939, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 22nd

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

Earliest day on which Parents' Day can fall, while 28 July is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Sunday in July. (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents'_Day

National Press Day (Azerbaijan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Azerbaijan

Pi Approximation Day, see also March 14

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day

Ratcatcher's Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcatcher's_Day

Revolution Day (The Gambia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Gambia

Sarawak Independence Day (Sarawak, Malaysia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXII.VII.MDCCCLXI

22.7.1861

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1861 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
July 1861

July 1861

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27	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
28	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
29	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
30	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
31	29	30	31

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22. July 1860
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22. July 1811
22. July 1761
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23. July 1861

August 1861

22. July 1862
22. July 1866
22. July 1871
22. July 1911
22. July 1961
22. July 2061

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27	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
28	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
29	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
30	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
31	29	30	31

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
27	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
28	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
29	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
30	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
31	29	30	31

July 22nd, 1861

Born on July 22nd, 1861

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 59,000 days old!

59,445 Days

8,492 Weeks

1,953 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 22nd?

The Israel Defense Forces bombed the home of Salah Shehade, the leader of the military arm of the Palestinian organization Hamas, killing him, his family and neighboring civilians.

American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after police discovered human remains in his apartment.

Stanley Forman took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo Fire Escape Collapse, which spurred action to improve the safety of fire escapes across the United States.

The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak.

A limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, due to organized crime.

World War II: In opposition to the London-based government-in-exile, the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation was proclaimed to govern territory recaptured from Nazi Germany.

Jules-Albert de Dion (pictured) finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.

American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.

Gia Long (pictured) conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.

Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.

First War of Scottish Independence: English forces led by Edward I defeated William Wallace's Scottish troops at the Battle of Falkirk.

A crusader army captured Béziers, France, and massacred the city's inhabitants in the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.

Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the Battle of Anzen, near present-day Dazman, Turkey.

Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.

Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.

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

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

Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 22nd

Birthday of the Late King Sobhuza (Eswatini)

Abd-al-Masih

Joseph of Tiberias (or of Palestine)

Markella

Mary Magdalene

Nohra (Maronite Church)

July 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Parents' Day can fall, while 28 July is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Sunday in July. (United States)

National Press Day (Azerbaijan)

Pi Approximation Day, see also March 14

Ratcatcher's Day

Revolution Day (The Gambia)

Sarawak Independence Day (Sarawak, Malaysia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

22.7.1861

Legend

Leap year

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Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1861

Calendar
July 1861

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
27	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
28	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
29	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
30	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
31	29	30	31