1299
Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar
Battle · Middle East
On this day
22 December
269 events in the atlas are dated to 22 December, from 69 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 269 events
- 69 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1790
Siege of Izmail
Siege · Europe
1914
Battle of Sarikamish
Battle · Middle East · 1914 – 1915
1946
Havana Conference
Political
2001
Battle of Amami-Ōshima
Event · East Asia
2024
proposed United States acquisition of Greenland
Event · North America
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 6 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 15 events- 1790Siege of IzmailSiege · Europe
- 1776Battle of Iron Works HillBattle · North America
- 1622Founding of BucaramangaFounding · South America
- 1784Founding of BukittinggiFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1509Battle of PolesellaBattle · Europe
- 1644Battle of BysjönBattle · Europe
- 16361636 Imperial electionElection · Europe
- 16891689 Innsbruck earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1775Battle of Great Cane BrakeBattle · North America
- 1536Consistory - 1536Election · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 17 events- 1855Founding of CussetaFounding · North America
- 1881Founding of Siloam SpringsFounding · North America
- 1864Battle of San PedroBattle · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1891Founding of San CarlosFounding · South America
- 1891Founding of Quinta de TilcocoFounding · South America
- 1891Founding of Puerto OctayFounding · South America
- 1891Founding of San NicolásFounding · South America
- 1870solar eclipse of December 22, 1870Event · North Africa
- 1860Battle of NaucalpanBattle
- 1889solar eclipse of December 22, 1889Event
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 140 events- 1914Battle of SarikamishBattle · Middle East · 1914 – 1915
- 1946Havana ConferencePolitical
- 1991Georgian civil war of 1991–1993War · Middle East · 1991 – 1993
- 1999Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509Accident · Europe
- 1907Santa María School massacreAttack · South America
- 1942Battle of ArbuzovkaBattle
- 1992Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103Accident · North Africa
- 1948Operation HorevEvent · Middle East · 1948 – 1949
- 1982Sri Lankan national referendum, 1982Election · South Asia
- 1996Airborne Express Flight 827Event · North America
The 21st century
since 2001 · 90 events- 2024proposed United States acquisition of GreenlandEvent · North America
- 20182018–2019 United States federal government shutdownEvent · North America · 2018 – 2019
- 2001Battle of Amami-ŌshimaEvent · East Asia
- 20012001 failed shoe bomb attemptAccident · North America
- 2009American Airlines Flight 331Accident · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 20182018 eruption of KrakatauNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 20182018 Krakatau tsunamiNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 20032003 San Simeon earthquakeNatural disaster · North America
- 2008Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spillAccident · North America
- 2024Killing of Debrina KawamNatural disaster · North America
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.