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assassination of Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan and a serving member of the House of Representatives, was assassinated on 8 July 2022 while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Whil ...
; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypox outbreak begins in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
on 6 May; Lying-in-State of
Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
at Westminster Hall; A child stands among the rubble of a house after the
June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake A deep earthquake measuring magnitude () 6.2 struck southeastern Afghanistan on 22 June 2022 at 01:24:36 AFT (on 21 June 2022 at 20:54:36 UTC). It affected the provinces of Paktika and Khost, and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was f ...
; A scene from the opening ceremony of the
2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...
in
Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, China; Demonstrators on the central square of Aktobe during the 2022 Kazakh unrest; A Russian BMP-3 near
Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...
destroyed during the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
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Assassination of Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan and a serving member of the House of Representatives, was assassinated on 8 July 2022 while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Whil ...
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2022 Sri Lankan protests The 2022 Sri Lankan protests ( si, අරගලය, translit=Aragalaya, lit=Struggle), are mass protests that began in March 2022 against the government of Sri Lanka. The government has been criticized for mismanaging the Sri Lankan economy, ...
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
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Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II On 8 September 2022, at 15:10 BST, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, and the longest-reigning British monarch, died of old age at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. The Queen's death ...
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2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...
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June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake A deep earthquake measuring magnitude () 6.2 struck southeastern Afghanistan on 22 June 2022 at 01:24:36 AFT (on 21 June 2022 at 20:54:36 UTC). It affected the provinces of Paktika and Khost, and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It was f ...
2022 has seen the continued impact of an inflation surge as a result of the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
. The global rollout of
COVID-19 vaccine A COVID19 vaccine is a vaccine intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID19). Prior to the COVID19 pandemic, an e ...
s, which began at the end of 2020, has continued, and the year has seen the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the reopening of international borders. The global economy has increased its recovery from the pandemic, though it has experienced an an ongoing inflation surge; in response, many countries' central banks have raised their interest rates to landmark levels. The
Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, the largest armed conflict in Europe since
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, has caused the
displacement Displacement may refer to: Physical sciences Mathematics and Physics *Displacement (geometry), is the difference between the final and initial position of a point trajectory (for instance, the center of mass of a moving object). The actual path ...
of 15.7 million
Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. The majority ...
(8 million
internally displaced person An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders. They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the legal definitions of a refugee. A ...
s and 7.7 million
refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.
s), and led to international condemnations and sanctions and nuclear threats, the withdrawal of hundreds of companies from
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, and the exclusion of Russia from major sporting events. In 2022, the
world population In demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently living. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded 8 billion in November 2022. It took over 200,000 years of human prehistory and history for the ...
increased to over eight billion. The year included many prominent deaths, including world leaders
Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍 晋三, Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), President of the Lib ...
,
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...
,
Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...
, and
Jiang Zemin Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as pres ...
, as well as entertainers Sidney Poitier,
Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...
,
Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran ...
,
Angela Lansbury Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American film, stage, and television actress. Her career spanned eight decades, much of it in the United States, and her work received a great deal ...
, and
Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935October 28, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Nicknamed "The Killer", he was described as "rock & roll's first great wild man". A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made ...
.


Events


January

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January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
– The
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP ) is a free trade agreement among the Asia-Pacific nations of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Sin ...
, the largest
free trade Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports. It can also be understood as the free market idea applied to international trade. In government, free trade is predominantly advocated by political parties that hold econo ...
area in the world, comes into effect for
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
,
Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...
,
Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...
,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
,
Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
,
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
,
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
,
Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
and
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
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January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
Abdalla Hamdok Abdalla Hamdok Al-Kinani (also transliterated ''Abdallah'', ''Hamdouk'', '' AlKinani''; ar, عبدالله حمدوك الكناني; born 1 January 1956) is a Sudanese public administrator who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Sudan from 20 ...
resign Resignation is the formal act of leaving or quitting one's office or position. A resignation can occur when a person holding a position gained by election or appointment steps down, but leaving a position upon the expiration of a term, or choos ...
s as
Prime Minister of Sudan This article lists the Head of government, heads of government of Sudan, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1952 until the present day. The office of Prime Minister was abolished after the 1989 Sudanese coup d'état, 1989 ...
amid deadly protests. *
January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...
– China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States—all five permanent members of the
United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the Organs of the United Nations, six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international security, international peace and security, recommending the admi ...
—issue a rare joint statement affirming that "a
nuclear war Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a theoretical military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry. Nuclear weapons are weapons of mass destruction; in contrast to conventional warfare, nuclear w ...
cannot be won and must never be fought." *
January 5 Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
– A nationwide
state of emergency A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...
is declared in
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
in response to the 2022 Kazakh unrest. The cabinet of prime minister
Askar Mamin Asqar Uzaqbaiuly Mamin ( kk, Асқар Ұзақбайұлы Мамин, Asqar Ūzaqbaiūly Mamin, ; born 23 October 1965) is a Kazakh politician and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2022, resigning due to pre ...
resigns, while president
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev ( kk, Қасым-Жомарт Кемелұлы Тоқаев, Qasym-Jomart Kemelūly Toqaev ; born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the President of Kazakhstan since 12 J ...
removes former president
Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( kk, Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев, Nūrsūltan Äbişūlı Nazarbaev, ; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician and military officer who served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in off ...
, widely regarded as being the real power in the country, from his position as Chairman of the
Security Council of Kazakhstan The Security Council of Kazakhstan (, ''Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Qauıpsızdık Keñesı'' ) is a constitutional advisory body of the Kazakh Government which aides and assists the President of Kazakhstan in implementation of military policy and ...
. *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
– The
CSTO The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia consisting of six post-Soviet states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan. The Collective Security Treaty has ...
deploys a "peacekeeping" mission in
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
, including Russian
paratrooper A paratrooper is a military parachutist—someone trained to parachute into a military operation, and usually functioning as part of an airborne force. Military parachutists (troops) and parachutes were first used on a large scale during World ...
s, following a request by Kazakh president Tokayev. *
January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. * 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
: The number of
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
cases exceeds 300 million worldwide. *
January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
– The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations is held in
Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
, with
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
winning their first championship. *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
– The first successful
heart transplant A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease when other medical or surgical treatments have failed. , the most common proce ...
from a pig to a human patient occurs in
Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...
,
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
, United States. *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– A large
eruption Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which lava, tephra (ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs and volcanic blocks), and assorted gases are expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists. These are often ...
of
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai ''Hunga'' is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae, described as a genus in 1979. They are native to New Guinea and New Caledonia. List of species # ''Hunga cordata'' Prance - New Caledonia # ''Hunga gerontogea'' (Schltr.) Prance - ...
, a submarine volcano in
Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...
, triggers
tsunami A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explo ...
warnings in Australia,
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
,
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
,
Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
, Japan, New Zealand,
Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...
, and the United States. *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
World No. 1 tennis champion
Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...
is
deport Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. The term ''expulsion'' is often used as a synonym for deportation, though expulsion is more often used in the context of international law, while deportatio ...
ed from Australia following a high-profile legal case regarding his
COVID-19 vaccination A COVID19 vaccine is a vaccine intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19). Prior to the COVID19 pandemic, an est ...
status, preventing his participation in the
2022 Australian Open The 2022 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park, Australia from 17 to 30 January 2022. It was the 110th edition of the Australian Open, the 54th in the Open Era, and the first Grand Slam of the ye ...
. *
January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. *1264 & ...
** Tropical Storm Ana kills 115 people in
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
,
Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...
and
Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
, days after a series of floods killed 11 people in Madagascar. **A
coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
in
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
removes president Roch Kaboré from power. The Burkinabé military cites the government's failure to contain activities of
Islamist militants ''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term t ...
within the country as a reason for the coup. *
January 28 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession o ...
– COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 10 billion. *
January 30 Events Pre-1600 *1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. *1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 *1607 – An estimated ...
2022 Portuguese legislative election Early legislative elections were held on 30 January 2022 in Portugal to elect members of the Assembly of the Republic to the 15th Legislature of the Third Portuguese Republic. All 230 seats to the Assembly of the Republic were up for election. ...
: The Socialist Party (Portugal), Socialist Party, led by António Costa, wins an "unexpected" majority of 117 seats.


February

* February 3 – Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi is killed in Atme during a counter-terrorism raid by United States special operations forces, U.S. special forces in north-western Syria. * February 4 – China and Russia issue a joint statement opposing further NATO expansion, expressing "serious concerns" about the AUKUS security pact, and pledging to cooperate with each other on a range of issues. * February 4–February 20, 20 – The
2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...
are held in
Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, China, making it the first city ever to host both the Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics. * February 5 – Cyclone Batsirai kills a total of 123 people across Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion two weeks after Tropical Storm Ana killed 115 people in the same region. * February 9 – The biggest breakthrough in fusion energy since 1997 is reported at the Joint European Torus in Oxford, the UK, with 59 megajoules produced over five seconds (11 megawatts of power), more than double the previous record. *February 21–February 24, 24 – Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree declaring the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and, despite international condemnation and sanctions, begins a full-scale 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, invasion of Ukraine. *February 26 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The EU, US, and their allies commit to removing Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system, as well as imposing measures on the Central Bank of Russia, Russian Central Bank and further restrictions on Russian elites. These and other sanctions fuel a 2022 Russian financial crisis, financial crisis in Russia. *February 27 **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Putin orders Russia's Russia and weapons of mass destruction, nuclear deterrent forces to be on "special alert", their highest level, in response to what he calls "aggressive statements" by NATO. The move is condemned by the US. **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: European nations ban Russian flights in their airspace. **In a 2022 Belarusian constitutional referendum, constitutional referendum, Belarus votes to revoke its List of states with nuclear weapons#Former Soviet republics, non-nuclear status and to allow the country to host Russian forces permanently. *February 28 **The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the second part of its IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Sixth Assessment Report on climate change. It concludes that many impacts are on the verge of becoming "irreversible". **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian and Ukrainian officials meet on the Belarus-Ukraine border for the first round of peace talks, with no resolution. **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Football governing bodies FIFA and UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions. **2022 Russian financial crisis: In an unprecedented move, Switzerland, Monaco,
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
and South Korea impose unilateral sanctions over Russia including the introduction of export controls and asset freezes.


March

*March 1 **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: World Athletics bans both Russia and Belarus from competing in all of its events. **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: In an emergency session, United Nations member states pass a resolution deploring Russia's invasion of Ukraine and calling for the immediate withdrawal of its forces. *March 2 **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia Battle of Kherson, seizes its first large city, the Black Sea port of Kherson, as shelling intensifies across many parts of Ukraine, including civilian areas. **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The United Nations reports that over a million 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis, refugees have now fled from Ukraine to other countries. **The International Criminal Court begins an investigation into possible War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. *March 3 **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia is condemned by world leaders following an attack by its troops on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – the largest in Europe – which led to a fire at the site. **The National Assembly (Armenia), National Assembly of Armenia 2022 Armenian presidential election, elects incumbent Ministry of High-Tech Industry (Armenia), minister of High-Tech Industry and former mayor of Yerevan, Vahagn Khachaturyan, as president of Armenia following the resignation of Armen Sarkissian. *March 4–March 13, 13 – The 2022 Winter Paralympics are held in
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, China, making it the first city to host both Summer Paralympics and Winter Paralympics. *March 4 – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: An Afghan man on behalf of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province commits a 2022 Peshawar mosque attack, suicide attack at a Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent, Shia mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing 63 people. *March 5 – Researchers in the Antarctic find ''Endurance (1912 ship), Endurance'', one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks, which sank in 1915 during Ernest Shackleton's exploration. *March 7 –
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: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 6 million. *March 8 – The US and UK announce a ban on Petroleum industry in Russia, Russian oil, while the EU announces a two-thirds reduction in its demand for Natural gas in Russia, Russian gas. *March 9 **2022 South Korean presidential election: People Power Party (South Korea), People Power Party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol is narrowly elected President of South Korea. **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia is condemned by world leaders following an Mariupol hospital airstrike, air strike in Mariupol that destroys a hospital including a maternity and children's ward. *March 10 – The National Assembly (Hungary), National Assembly of Hungary 2022 Hungarian presidential election, elects former minister for Family Affairs, Katalin Novák, as president of Hungary in a 137–51 vote. *March 11 – Gabriel Boric is sworn in as President of Chile. He becomes the youngest head of state in the nation's history and the first to be born during the Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990), military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. *March 12 – 2022 Turkmenistan presidential election: Serdar Berdimuhamedow, son of former President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, wins with 89% of the total votes. *March 16 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A Russian Mariupol theatre airstrike, airstrike on the Mariupol Theatre in
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kills an estimated 600 civilians sheltering inside. * March 21 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashes in Guangxi, China, killing all 133 people on board. *March 24 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: NATO announces that four new battlegroups totaling 40,000 troops will be deployed in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, along with enhanced readiness for potential chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. *March 29 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is admitted to the East African Community. *March 31 – Expo 2020 closes in Dubai after a 6-month run; originally scheduled for April 10, 2021, it was delayed due to the
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.


April

*April 3 **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: As Russia's forces retreat from areas near Kyiv, it is accused by Ukraine of war crimes, amid mounting evidence of indiscriminate civilian killings, including the Bucha massacre. **The second round of voting of the 2022 Costa Rican general election is held, and Social Democratic Progress Party presidential candidate Rodrigo Chaves Robles is elected President of Costa Rica, president. *April 4 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the third and final part of its IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Sixth Assessment Report on climate change, warning that greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 at the latest and decline 43% by 2030, in order to limit global warming to 1.5 °C (2.7 °F). *April 6 – The first known dinosaur fossil linked to the very day of the Chicxulub impact is reported by palaeontologists. *April 7 **The United Nations, UN votes by 93–24 to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, with 58 countries abstaining. **President of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi resigns from office, dismisses Vice President of Yemen, vice president Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, and transfers both offices' powers to the newly formed eight-member Presidential Leadership Council, chaired by Rashad al-Alimi. **2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russia is condemned by world leaders following a missile attack on Kramatorsk railway station attack, Kramatorsk train station, which kills 59 civilians trying to evacuate, including seven children. **Food prices, Global food prices increase to their highest level since the UN's FAO Food Price Index, Food Price Index began in 1990, with commodities such as wheat rising by nearly 20% as a result of the Ukraine crisis. *April 11 – The National Assembly of Pakistan elects Leader of the Opposition (Pakistan), leader of the opposition Shehbaz Sharif as Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan, after Imran Khan is removed from office following a No-confidence motion against Imran Khan, motion of no confidence two days prior. *April 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of confirmed cases exceeds 500 million worldwide. *April 14 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Russian flagship ''Russian cruiser Moskva, Moskva'' becomes the largest warship to be Sinking of the Moskva, sunk in action since
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. Ukraine claims to have struck it with R-360 Neptune, Neptune anti-ship missiles, while Russia claims it sank during stormy weather after an onboard fire. *April 18 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Battle of Donbas (2022), Battle of Donbas begins, leading to the deaths of several thousand military personnel and civilians. *April 19 – The second round of voting of the 2022 East Timorese presidential election is held and the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction party presidential candidate, former President of East Timor, president and former Prime Minister of East Timor, prime minister José Ramos-Horta is elected. *April 20 – A European Southern Observatory team announce the discovery of micronovae, a new type of exploding star. *April 22 – The Large Hadron Collider recommences full operations, three years after being shut down for upgrades. * April 24 – The 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election is held to elect all 90 members of the National Assembly (Slovenia), National Assembly of Slovenia, the lower house of the Slovenian Parliament; the Freedom Movement (Slovenia), Freedom Movement party becomes the largest party, winning 41 of 90 seats. * April 27 – The European Union accuses Russia of blackmail after gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria are halted by energy giant Gazprom. *April 28 – The Parliament of Montenegro elects a new government with Dritan Abazović as Prime Minister of Montenegro, prime minister, following a motion of no confidence against the government of Zdravko Krivokapić.


May

* May 6 – 2022 monkeypox outbreak: An 2022 monkeypox outbreak, outbreak of monkeypox begins when the first monkeypox virus case is reported in London, the
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. * May 9 ** The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as a result of 2022 Sri Lankan protests, massive protests against his government across the country. He is succeeded by Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister three days later. ** 2022 Philippine general election: Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte are elected the 17th President of the Philippines, President and 15th Vice President of the Philippines in a landslide victory. * May 10–May 14, 14 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is held in Turin, Italy. The contest is won by Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush (rap group), Kalush Orchestra with their song "Stefania (song), Stefania". * May 12 – The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration reveals its first image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. * May 13 – Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is elected as the 3rd president of the United Arab Emirates by the Federal Supreme Council following the death of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan a day earlier. * May 15 – Former President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is elected president again, beating President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. * May 16 –
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: The Siege of Mariupol ends in a Russian victory as Ukrainian troops are evacuated from
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. * May 20 – 2022 monkeypox outbreak: The World Health Organization (WHO) holds an emergency meeting to discuss the spread of monkeypox in nearly a dozen countries, as the number of reported cases reaches 100. *May 21 – 2022 Australian federal election: The Australian Labor Party, Labor party, led by Anthony Albanese, defeats the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal/National Party of Australia, National Coalition (Australia), Coalition Morrison Government, Government led by Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Albanese would be sworn in on May 23. * May 28 – Spanish club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid beat English club Liverpool F.C., Liverpool 1–0 to win the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League 2022 UEFA Champions League Final, final played at the Stade de France in Paris, France.


June

* June 4 – Retired general Bajram Begaj is elected the President of Albania, 9th President of Albania by the Parliament of Albania, parliament in the 4th round of voting. * June 5 – At least 50 people are killed in a dual Owo church attack, mass shooting-bomb attack in Owo, Nigeria. * June 14 –
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and Denmark end their competing claims for Hans Island by dividing the island roughly in half, ending what was referred to as the Whisky War. * June 19 – The second round of the 2022 Colombian presidential election is held, and former guerrilla fighter for the 19th of April Movement and incumbent Senate of Colombia, senator, Gustavo Petro, defeats businessman and former mayor of Bucaramanga, Rodolfo Hernández Suárez. * June 22 – An June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake, earthquake measuring Moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude () 6.2 strikes the Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 1,163 people. * June 23 – Dickon Mitchell's party wins a majority of seats in 2022 Grenadian general election, Grenada's general election, defeating Prime Minister Keith Mitchell's party. Mitchell is appointed Prime Minister of Grenada, following Keith Mitchell's resignation on June 24. * June 26 – Group of Seven, G7 leaders gather for a summit in Germany to discuss the situation in Ukraine. A ban on imports of Russian gold is announced. * June 27 – 53 migrants from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador 2022 San Antonio migrant deaths, are found dead in a tractor trailer in San Antonio, Texas, United States. * June 28–June 30, 30 – 2022 NATO Madrid summit, A NATO summit is held in Madrid, Spain along with the presence of guest countries from the European Union and the Indo-Pacific primarily searching for a consensual defensive reinforcement after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sustained threatening over the territorial integrity of other countries.


July

* July 1 – Yair Lapid succeeds Naftali Bennett as Prime Minister of Israel, while Bennett succeeds Lapid as Alternate Prime Minister of Israel; this arrangement had been created after the 2021 Israeli legislative election, in which no party won an outright majority. * July 6–July 31, 31 – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 is held in England, with the hosts UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final, winning their first major tournament since 1966. * July 7–July 17, 17 – The 2022 World Games is held in Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States. * July 8 – Former Prime Minister of Japan
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is Assassination of Shinzo Abe, assassinated while giving a public speech in the city of Nara, Nara, Nara, Japan. * July 11 – Webb's First Deep Field, The first operational image from the James Webb Space Telescope, showing the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3–7327, SMACS 0723, is revealed to the public. * July 18 – Droupadi Murmu is 2022 Indian presidential election, elected as President of India, making her the first tribal woman and youngest person to be elected to the office. * July 19 – 2022 European heat waves: A series of severe heatwaves from July to August hit Europe, causing at least 53,000 deaths and additionally causing 2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires, major wildfires, travel disruption, and record high temperatures in many countries. * July 21 **The Parliament of Sri Lanka elects Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of Sri Lanka, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid 2022 Sri Lankan protests, protests over the ongoing 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis, economic crisis. **The European Central Bank raises its key interest rate for the first time in more than 11 years, from minus 0.5 per cent to zero, with plans for further increases later in the year. * July 23 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the recent 2022 monkeypox outbreak, monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, as the number of reported cases exceeds 17,000 in 75 countries. * July 28 – August 8 – The 2022 Commonwealth Games is held in Birmingham, England. * July 31 – Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian terrorist who became the 2nd Emir of al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden's killing of Osama bin Laden, death in 2011, is Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri, killed in an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan conducted by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency.


August

*August 4 **China conducts its largest ever 2022 Chinese military exercises around Taiwan, military exercise around Taiwan in response to 2022 visit by Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, a controversial visit by Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking U.S official to visit Taiwan since the 1990s. **The President of the Council of Ministers of Peru, Prime Minister of Peru, Aníbal Torres, resigns following multiple criminal investigations against the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo. *August 5–August 7, 7 – Israel Operation Breaking Dawn, launches airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, Islamic Jihad military leader Tayseer Jabari. Both parties agree to a ceasefire after three days of skirmish. * 6 August, August 6 – Terrance Drew is sworn in as List of prime ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis, prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis. * August 9 – 2022 Kenyan general election: William Ruto is elected as Kenya's 5th President of Kenya, president, defeating longtime opposition leader Raila Odinga. His victory is certified by the nation's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, election supervisory agency on August 15 amid protests and violence by Odinga supporters. * August 10 – Spanish club Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid beat German club Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 to win the 2022 UEFA Super Cup played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland. * August 12 – Indian-born British-American novelist Salman Rushdie is Stabbing of Salman Rushdie, stabbed multiple times as he is about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. * August 17 – Turkey and Israel agree to Israel–Turkey relations, restore full diplomatic relations after a period of tensions. * August 19 – The Abazović Cabinet, coalition government of Prime Minister of Montenegro, Montenegrin prime minister Dritan Abazović collapses after the 81-seat Parliament of Montenegro passes a motion of no confidence in a vote of 50–1, following dispute within the coalition over an agreement the government signed with the Serbian Orthodox Church. * August 27 – September 11 – The 2022 Asia Cup is held in the United Arab Emirates, and 2022 Asia Cup Final, is won by Sri Lanka national cricket team, Sri Lanka. * August 28 – 2022 Pakistan floods: Pakistan declares a "climate catastrophe" and appeals for international assistance, as the death toll from recent flooding in the country exceeds 1,000, the world's deadliest flood since 2017. Several nations, alongside the UN, pledge millions in funding for aid.


September

* September 1 – The United Nations, UN releases UN Human Rights Office assessment of human rights concerns in Xinjiang, a report stating that the Chinese government's Xinjiang internment camps and Uyghur genocide, treatment of Uyghurs may constitute crimes against humanity. * September 2 –
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: The G7 economies agree to impose a Price ceiling, price cap on Petroleum industry in Russia, Russian petroleum exports. * September 6 – Liz Truss is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after winning the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. * September 8 – Queen
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Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II#Death and national mourning, dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96. Her son Charles III succeeds her as King. * September 11 – The 2022 Swedish general election is held to elect all 349 seats of the Riksdag. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigns after her centre-left bloc narrowly loses to a bloc of right-wing parties, 176 seats to 173; Andersson is succeeded as prime minister by Ulf Kristersson in October. * September 12 – September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes: Azerbaijan attacks Armenian positions near the cities of Vardenis, Goris, Sotk and Jermuk, and occupies certain areas of its territory along the Armenia–Azerbaijan border. Over the next few days, more than 100 Armenian soldiers are killed in the clashes, while Azerbaijan acknowledges 71 fatalities among its forces. * September 14–September 20, 20 – 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes: Dozens are killed as sporadic clashes occur between Kyrgyz and Tajik troops along their Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border, countries' respective border. * September 14–September 25, 25 – The Atlantic hurricane Hurricane Fiona, Fiona hits Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Lucayan Archipelago, Bermuda, and Eastern Canada. * September 16 – Mahsa Amini protests, Protests erupt in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's "Guidance Patrol, morality police". * September 19 – The Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II#State funeral, state funeral of
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is held in Westminster Abbey, London. Her coffin is then taken by procession to Windsor Castle for burial with her husband, parents and sister in the King George VI Memorial Chapel. The funeral is speculated to be the most watched television event in world history. * September 21 –
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: Following a major 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive, counteroffensive by Ukraine in the east of the country, Putin announces a 2022 Russian mobilization, partial mobilisation of Russia and Nuclear threats during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, threatens nuclear retaliation, saying "this is not a bluff". * September 24 – The 2022 Nauruan parliamentary election was held which saw Ubenide Constituency, Ubenide parliament member Russ Kun be elected President of Nauru, president by parliament. * September 25 – The 2022 Italian general election is held to elect all 400 seats of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies and 200 seats of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate of the Republic (reduced from 630 and 215 respectively according to the outcome of the 2020 Italian constitutional referendum, 2020 constitutional referendum). Observers commented that the results shifted the geopolitics of the European Union, following far-right gains in France, Spain, and Sweden. It was also noted that the election outcome would mark Italy's most right-wing government since 1945. * September 26 – NASA, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART crashes into the asteroid Dimorphos in a first test of potential Asteroid impact avoidance, planetary defense. * September 27–September 30, 30 – Hurricane Ian impacts Cuba and the United States, causing catastrophic damage to both nations, killing at least 157 people, 16 missing, and leaving millions without power, including the entire nation of Cuba. * September 27 – Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine claim that their 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, annexation referendums show an overwhelming support for the annexation by Russia of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, and parts of Kherson Oblast and Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. However, the voting is widely dismissed as a sham election, sham referendum. * September 30 ** Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine: Russian President Vladimir Putin signs treaties absorbing the occupied regions of Donetsk Oblast, Donetsk, Luhansk Oblast, Luhansk, Kherson Oblast, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhia into the Russia, Russian Federation. This annexation is seen as a breach of international law by the global community. **
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's military junta September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état, is overthrown by the country's second coup of the year, led by army captain Ibrahim Traoré.


October

* October 1 – A fatal Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster, human crush occurs during an association football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia, killing 131 people and injuring more than 500. *October 5 – OPEC, OPEC+ imposes a production cut of up to 2 million barrels per day. *October 8 –
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: An 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion, explosion occurs on the Crimean Bridge connecting Crimea and
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, killing three and causing a partial collapse of the only road bridge between the Crimean Peninsula and the Russian mainland. Two days later, 10 October 2022 missile strikes on Ukraine, retaliatory missile strikes are conducted by Russia across Ukraine, the most widespread since the start of the invasion, notably including October 2022 Kyiv missile strikes, attacks on Kyiv. * October 16–October 23, 23 – The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held. Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Central Committee, beginning a third term as the paramount leader of
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. * October 25 – Amid a October 2022 United Kingdom government crisis, government crisis, Rishi Sunak becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, following the resignation of Liz Truss the previous week resulting in a 50-day tenure. * October 28 **Elon Musk completes Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. **Sam Matekane is sworn in as Prime Minister of Lesotho, Prime Minister of Lesotho after securing a victory in the 7 October 2022 Lesotho general election, elections. * October 29 **At least 158 people are killed and another 197 injured in a Seoul Halloween crowd crush, crowd crush during Halloween festivities in Seoul, South Korea. **A October 2022 Mogadishu bombings, double car bombing by Al-Shabaab (militant group), al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia kills at least 100 people and injures around 300. **
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: In response to an alleged Ukrainian Drone warfare, drone attack against the Black Sea Fleet, Russia withdraw from a United Nations, U.N.-brokered deal on the shipment of grain, which had brought down soaring global food prices. * October 30 **2022 Brazilian general election: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeats incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a 2022 Brazilian general election#Candidates in runoff, runoff election after neither candidate secured a majority in the first round of voting. **The 2022 Morbi bridge collapse, collapse of a suspension bridge in Gujarat, India, leaves at least 141 dead.


November

* November 1 **2022 Israeli legislative election: A National camp, bloc of right wing and far right political parties led by former Prime Minister of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wins a 64 seat majority, allowing him to most likely become Prime Minister for a third time. **2022 Danish general election: A bloc of left-leaning political parties wins a narrow one-seat majority of 90 seats. The governing Social Democrats (Denmark), Social Democrats attains the best result in 20 years with approximately 27.5% of the vote. * November 6–November 18, 18 – The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) on climate change mitigation takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. * November 11 –
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: Ukrainian forces recapture Kherson, the only regional capital to be taken by Russia since the start of the war. * November 15 **The
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Day of Eight Billion, reaches 8 billion. **The 2022 G20 Bali summit in Bali, Indonesia takes place. **
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: Two civilians are killed when missiles 2022 missile explosion in Poland, explode within Poland near the village of Przewodów, close to the border with Ukraine. Initially believed to be Russian, an investigation determines the missiles to be of Ukrainian origin. * November 16 – NASA launches Artemis 1, the first uncrewed launch of its Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket ever launched into orbit. The onboard Orion (spacecraft), Orion capsule orbited the Moon before returning to Earth, as a demonstration of planned human missions. * November 19 – The 2022 Malaysian general election results in a hung parliament, which is the first in the country's history. Long-time Leader of the Opposition (Malaysia), opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is appointed by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Abdullah of Pahang, Abdullah as Prime Minister of Malaysia, prime minister five days later to break the political deadlock and form unity government. * November 20 – December 18 – The 2022 FIFA World Cup is held in Qatar and 2022 FIFA World Cup final, won by Argentina national football team, Argentina. * November 20 – 2022 Nepalese general election: Nepali Congress, led by Prime Minister of Nepal, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba emerged as the largest party with 89 seats, but the governing bloc falls short of the majority by two seats, leading into likely coalition government.


December

* December 2 – The G7 and
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join the EU in imposing a cap of $60 a barrel on Russian crude oil, designed to "prevent Russia from profiting from its war of aggression against Ukraine." * December 5 – The National Ignition Facility achieves fusion ignition, a major milestone in the development of nuclear fusion power. * December 7 ** The Congress of the Republic of Peru, Congress of Peru removes President of Peru, President Pedro Castillo from office and arrests him after he tries to dissolve congress in a 2022 Peruvian self-coup d'état attempt, coup attempt, Vice President Dina Boluarte succeeds him. ** After substantial 2022 COVID-19 protests in China, protests against China's Chinese government response to COVID-19#Zero-COVID policy, Zero-COVID policies, the Chinese government eases on its COVID restrictions. * December 17 – Leo Varadkar succeeds Micheál Martin as Taoiseach of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, as part of a Rotation government, rotation agreement made in 2020. * December 19 – At the 2022_United_Nations_Biodiversity_Conference, UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), nearly 200 countries agree a landmark deal to protect a third of the planet for nature by 2030. * December 21 - A Late December 2022 North American winter storm, system causing cold waves and winter storms affects the United States. * December 24 – 2022 Fijian general election: The Parliament of Fiji elects Sitiveni Rabuka as Prime Minister of Fiji, defeating incumbent Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama after a contentious election.


Deaths


January

*
January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
** Eric Walter Elst, Belgian astronomer (b. 1936) ** Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist (b. 1944) * January 3 ** Beatrice Mintz, American embryologist (b. 1921) ** Viktor Saneyev, Soviet and Georgian triple jumper and Olympic champion (b. 1945) *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
** Peter Bogdanovich, American film director (b. 1939) ** F. Sionil José, Filipino writer (b. 1924) ** Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, activist and ambassador (b. 1927) * January 8 – Viktor Mazin, Russian weightlifter, Olympic champion (b. 1954) *
January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
– Toshiki Kaifu, 48th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1931) * January 11 ** Anatoly Alyabyev, Soviet and Russian athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1951) ** David Sassoli, 16th President of the European Parliament (b. 1956) ** Ernest Shonekan, 9th List of heads of state of Nigeria, Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1936) * January 12 – Ronnie Spector, American singer (b. 1943) * January 13 – Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director (b. 1946) * January 14 – Ricardo Bofill, Spanish architect (b. 1939) *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
– Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, 5th President of Mali, President and 6th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1945) * January 18 ** David Cox (statistician), Sir David Cox, English statistician (b. 1924) ** Francisco Gento, Paco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1933) ** André Leon Talley, American fashion journalist and stylist (b. 1948) * January 19 ** Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (b. 1984) ** Hardy Krüger, German actor (b. 1928) ** Hans-Jürgen Dörner, German football player, and Olympic champion (b. 1951). * January 20 ** Heidi Biebl, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1941) ** Meat Loaf, American singer and actor (b. 1947) * January 21 – Rex Cawley, American hurdler and Olympic champion (b. 1940). * January 22 – Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist (b. 1926) *
January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. *1264 & ...
** Keto Losaberidze, Soviet and Georgian archer and Olympic champion (b. 1949) ** Thierry Mugler, French fashion designer (b. 1948) * January 24 – Szilveszter Csollány, Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion (b. 1970) * January 25 – Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1946) * January 27 – Charanjit Singh (hockey player), Charanjit Singh, Indian field hockey player and Olympic champion (b. 1931) *
January 30 Events Pre-1600 *1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. *1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 *1607 – An estimated ...
– Leonid Kuravlyov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1936)


February

* February 2 – Monica Vitti, Italian actress (b. 1931) * February 3 ** Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, leader and 2nd Caliph of the Islamic State (b. 1976) ** Christos Sartzetakis, 4th President of Greece (b. 1929) * February 5 ** Don Johnston, 4th Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development#Secretaries-General, Secretary-General of the OECD (b. 1936) ** Boris Melnikov, Soviet and Russian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1938) *
February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
** Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer (b. 1949) ** Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer (b. 1929) * February 7 – Douglas Trumbull, American film director, special effects supervisor and inventor (b. 1942) * February 8 – Luc Montagnier, French Nobel virologist (b. 1932) * February 10 ** Manuel Esquivel, Sir Manuel Esquivel, 2nd List of prime ministers of Belize, Prime Minister of Belize (b. 1940) ** Duvall Hecht, American rower, publisher and Olympic champion (b. 1930) * February 12 – Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovak-born Canadian film director and producer (b. 1946) * February 14 – Bora Ivkov, Borislav Ivkov, Serbian Grandmaster (chess), chess Grandmaster (b. 1933) * February 15 – Józef Zapędzki, Polish sport shooter and Olympic champion (b. 1929) * February 16 – Amos Sawyer, interim President of Liberia (b. 1945) * February 19 ** Gary Brooker, British singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1945) ** Kakuichi Mimura, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1931) * February 20 – Oleksandr Sydorenko, Soviet and Ukrainian swimmer and Olympic champion (b. 1960) * February 22 – Mark Lanegan, American singer, musician and writer (b. 1964) * February 24 – Ivanka Khristova, Bulgarian shot putter and Olympic champion (b. 1941) * February 28 – Abuzed Omar Dorda, 18th List of heads of government of Libya, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1944)


March

* March 1 – Alevtina Kolchina, Soviet and Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1930) * March 4 ** Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer (b. 1947) ** Shane Warne, Australian cricketer (b. 1969) * March 6 ** Frank O'Farrell, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1927) ** Giuseppe Wilson, Italian footballer (b. 1945) * March 7 – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, 9th President of Pakistan (b. 1929) * March 8 – Tomás Boy, Mexican footballer (b. 1951) * March 10 – Jürgen Grabowski, German footballer (b. 1944) * March 11 ** Rupiah Banda, 4th President of Zambia (b. 1937) ** Rustam Ibragimbekov, Soviet and Azerbaijani screenwriter, playwright and producer (b. 1939) * March 12 – Karl Offmann, 3rd List of presidents of Mauritius, President of Mauritius (b. 1940) * March 13 – William Hurt, American actor (b. 1950) * March 14 **Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist (b. 1948) ** Charles Greene (athlete), Charles Greene, American sprinter and Olympic champion (b. 1945) * March 15 – Eugene Parker, American solar physicist (b. 1927) * March 16 – Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese racing driver, motorcyclist, and team owner (b. 1940) * March 17 ** Christopher Alexander, Austrian-born British-American architect, design theorist, and writer (b. 1936) ** Tony Nash (bobsledder), Tony Nash, British bobsledder and Olympic champion (b. 1936). *March 19 – Shahabuddin Ahmed, 12th List of presidents of Bangladesh, President of Bangladesh (b. 1930) * March 21 – Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, 16th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1954) * March 23 – Madeleine Albright, Czechoslovak-born American politician (b. 1937) * March 25 – Taylor Hawkins, American musician (b. 1972) * March 27 ** Ayaz Mutallibov, 1st President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938) ** Alexandra Zabelina, Russian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1937) * March 30 – Egon Franke (fencer), Egon Franke, Polish fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1935) * March 31 ** Georgi Atanasov (politician), Georgi Atanasov, 39th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1933) ** Patrick Demarchelier, French fashion photographer (b. 1943)


April

* April 2 – Leonel Sánchez, Chilean footballer (b. 1936) * April 3 – Lygia Fagundes Telles, Brazilian writer (b. 1918) * April 4 – Django Sissoko, Acting List of prime ministers of Mali, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1948) * April 5 ** Sidney Altman, Canadian-American Nobel molecular biologist (b. 1939) ** Josef Panáček, Czech sport shooter and Olympic champion (b. 1936) ** Bjarni Tryggvason, Icelandic-born Canadian astronaut (b. 1945) * April 9 – Jack Higgins, English author (b. 1929) * April 13 ** Michel Bouquet, French actor (b. 1925) ** Freddy Rincón, Colombian footballer (b. 1966) * April 14 – Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957) * April 15 ** Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, 4th President of the European Parliament (b. 1925) ** Bernhard Germeshausen, German bobsledder and Olympic champion (b. 1951) * April 17 – Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist (b. 1945) * April 18 – Harrison Birtwistle, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, English composer (b. 1934) * April 19 – Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1903) * April 21 ** Mwai Kibaki, 3rd President of Kenya (b. 1931) ** Jacques Perrin, French actor and filmmaker (b. 1941) * April 22 – Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1951) * April 26 – Klaus Schulze, German composer and musician (b. 1947) * April 27 – İsmail Ogan, Turkish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1933) * April 30 – Mino Raiola, Italian football agent (b. 1967)


May

* May 1 – Ivica Osim, Bosnian footballer and manager (b. 1941) * May 3 ** Tony Brooks (racing driver), Tony Brooks, English Formula One driver (b. 1932) ** Stanislav Shushkevich, 1st List of national leaders of Belarus, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus (b. 1934) * May 7 – Yuri Averbakh, Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster and author (b. 1922) * May 8 – Maria Gusakova, Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1931) * May 10 – Leonid Kravchuk, 1st President of Ukraine (b. 1934) * May 13 ** Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 2nd President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1948) ** Teresa Berganza, Spanish mezzo-soprano (b. 1933) ** Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born Danish Nobel nuclear physicist (b. 1926) ** Yang Hyong-sop, 4th Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (b. 1925) * May 14 – Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer (b. 1975) * May 17 – Vangelis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1943) * May 26 ** Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1928) ** Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher, English keyboardist (b. 1961) ** Ray Liotta, American actor and producer (b. 1954) ** Alan White (Yes drummer), Alan White, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1949) * May 27 – Angelo Sodano, 54th Cardinal Secretary of State, Secretary of State of the Holy See (b. 1927) * May 28 ** Evaristo Carvalho, 5th List of prime ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe, Prime Minister and 4th President of São Tomé and Príncipe (b. 1941) ** Bujar Nishani, 7th President of Albania (b. 1966) * May 30 – Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer (b. 1913)


June

* June 6 – Valery Ryumin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1939) * June 7 ** Isaac Berger, American weightlifter and Olympic champion (b. 1936) **Marco Luzzago, List of Princes and Grand Masters of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Lieutenant of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (b. 1950) * June 8 ** Romeo Morri, Captains Regent, Captain Regent of San Marino (b. 1952) ** Paula Rego, Dame Paula Rego, Portuguese-born English visual artist (b. 1935) * June 14 – A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli novelist, essayist and playwright (b. 1936) * June 16 – Steinar Amundsen, Norwegian sprint canoeist and Olympic champion (b. 1945). * June 17 – Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, filmmaker and racing driver (b. 1930) * June 21 – Dragan Tomić, Acting President of Serbia (b. 1935) * June 22 ** Jonny Nilsson, Swedish speed skater and Olympic champion (b. 1943) ** Jüri Tarmak, Estonian high jumper and Olympic champion (b. 1946) * June 23 – Stien Kaiser, Dutch speed skater and Olympic champion (b. 1938) * June 27 – Leonardo Del Vecchio, Italian businessman (b. 1935)


July

* July 1 – Richard Taruskin, American musicologist (b. 1945) * July 2 – Peter Brook, English theatre and film director (b. 1925) * July 3 – Robert Curl, American Nobel chemist (b. 1933) * July 5 ** Arne Åhman, Swedish triple jumper and Olympic champion (b. 1925) ** Mohammed Barkindo, 28th List of Secretaries General of OPEC, Secretary General of OPEC (b. 1959) * July 6 – James Caan, American actor (b. 1940) * July 7 – Jacob Nena, 4th President of Micronesia (b. 1941) * July 8 **
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, 57th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1954) ** José Eduardo dos Santos, 2nd President of Angola (b. 1942) ** Luis Echeverría, 57th President of Mexico (b. 1922) * July 14 – Francisco Morales-Bermúdez, 112th Prime Minister of Peru, Prime Minister and 51st President of Peru (b. 1921) * July 18 – Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born American sculptor (b. 1929) * July 21 – Uwe Seeler, German footballer (b. 1936) * July 25 – David Trimble, Northern Irish politician and Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace laureate (b. 1944) * July 26 – James Lovelock, English scientist, environmentalist and futurist (b. 1919) * July 27 – Yelizaveta Dementyeva, Soviet sprint canoeist and Olympic champion (b. 1928) * July 29 – Juris Hartmanis, Latvian-born American computer scientist (b. 1928) * July 31 ** Fidel V. Ramos, 12th President of the Philippines (b. 1928) ** Ayman al-Zawahiri, 2nd General Emir of al-Qaeda (b. 1951)


August

* August 3 – Raymond Damadian, American physician and inventor (b. 1936) * August 5 ** Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (b. 1938) ** Judith Durham, Australian singer (b. 1943) * August 7 ** Anatoly Filipchenko, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1928) ** Ezekiel Alebua, 3rd Prime Minister of Solomon Islands (b. 1947) * August 8 – Olivia Newton-John, Dame Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer and actress (b. 1948) * August 9 – Raymond Briggs, English author and cartoonist (b. 1934) * August 10 – Yi-Fu Tuan, Chinese-American geographer (b. 1930) * August 11 ** Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (b. 1926) ** Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (b. 1932) * August 12 – Wolfgang Petersen, German film director and producer (b. 1941) * August 24 – Kazuo Inamori, Japanese businessman, philanthropist, and entrepreneur (b. 1932) * August 30 ** Gheorghe Berceanu, Romanian wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1949) **
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September

* September 2 – Frank Drake, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1930) * September 4 – Boris Lagutin, Soviet and Russian boxer and Olympic champion (b. 1938) * September 7 – Valeri Polyakov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1942) * September 8 –
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, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (b. 1926) * September 10 – William Klein (photographer), William Klein, American-born French photographer, film director and screenwriter (b. 1926) * September 11 – Javier Marías, Spanish novelist (b. 1951) * September 13 –
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, French-Swiss film director (b. 1930) * September 14 – Irene Papas, Greek actress and singer (b. 1929) * September 15 – Saul Kripke, American philosopher and logician (b. 1940) * September 18 ** Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Turkish wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1931) ** Nick Holonyak, American engineer and educator (b. 1928) * September 22 – Hilary Mantel, Dame Hilary Mantel, English author (b. 1952) * September 23 – Louise Fletcher, American actress (b. 1934) * September 24 – Hudson Austin, 4th List of heads of government of Grenada, head of government of Grenada (b. 1938) * September 25 – Rafael Chimishkyan, Georgian weightlifter and Olympic champion (b. 1929) * September 26 – Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian Islamic scholar (b. 1926) * September 28 – Coolio, American rapper and actor (b. 1963) * September 30 – Yury Zaitsev, Soviet and Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion (b. 1951)


October

* October 1 – Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler and promoter (b. 1943) * October 4 – Loretta Lynn, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1932) * October 6 – Phil Read, English motorcycle racer (b. 1939) * October 7 – Bill Nieder, American shot putter and Olympic champion (b. 1933) * October 9 – Bruno Latour, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1947) * October 11 – Angela Lansbury, Dame Angela Lansbury, Irish-British American actress and singer (b. 1925) * October 13 – James McDivitt, American astronaut (b. 1929) * October 14 – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian (b. 1950) * October 15 – Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, 3rd Caliph of the Islamic State * October 17 – Younoussi Touré, 4th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1941) * October 18 – Ole Ellefsæter, Norwegian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1939) * October 22 ** Leszek Engelking, Polish writer and translator (b. 1955) ** Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman (b. 1944) * October 26 – Pierre Soulages, French painter, printmaker and sculptor (b. 1919) * October 28 –
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, American musician (b. 1935)


November

* November 4 – Balakh Sher Mazari, Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1928) * November 5 – Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, 9th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1933) * November 6 – Edward C. Prescott, American Nobel economist (b. 1940) * November 8 – Lee Bontecou, American sculptor (b. 1931) * November 17 ** Fred Brooks, American computer scientist and writer (b. 1931) ** Aleksandr Gorshkov (figure skater), Aleksandr Gorshkov, Russian figure skater and Olympic champion (b. 1946) * November 18 – Ned Rorem, American composer (b. 1923) * November 19 – Greg Bear, American science fiction writer and illustrator (b. 1951) * November 23 – David Johnson (footballer, born 1951), David Johnson, English footballer (b. 1951) * November 24 – Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German author and poet (b. 1929) * November 25 – Irene Cara, American singer and actress (b. 1959) * November 30 ** Murray Halberg, Sir Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner and Olympic champion (b. 1933) **
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, 9th General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and 5th President of the People's Republic of China, President of China (b. 1926) ** Christine McVie, British musician and songwriter (b. 1943)


December

* December 1 – Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist and Olympic champion (b. 1933) * December 6 – Adolfas Šleževičius, 6th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1948) * December 8 – Miodrag Ješić, Serbian football manager and player (b. 1958) * December 9 – Joseph Kittinger, United States Air Force officer (b. 1928) * December 11 – Angelo Badalamenti, American composer (b. 1937) * December 12 – Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish cosmonaut (b. 1941) * December 16 **Siniša Mihajlović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1969) **Jose Maria Sison, Filipino writer and activist (b. 1939) * December 18 – Terry Hall (singer), Terry Hall, English musician and singer (b. 1959) * December 22 – Anton Tkáč, Slovak cyclist and Olympic champion (b. 1951) * December 23 ** George Cohen, English footballer (b. 1939) ** Maxi Jazz, English musician (b. 1957) * December 24 – Franco Frattini, Italian politician and magistrate (b. 1957)E' morto Franco Frattini. Aveva 65 anni


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