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| February 22nd, 2007 (February 22 2007) | Death | Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (born in 1954) | |
| February 22nd, 2007 (February 22 2007) | Death | Howard Verne Ramsey, oldest U.S. veteran of WWI (born in 1898) | |
| February 22nd, 2007 (February 22 2007) | Death | Samuel Hinga Norman, Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (born in 1940) | |
| February 22nd, 2007 (February 22 2007) | Death | George Jellicoe, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords & Special Boat Service veteran (born in 1918) | George Ade Quotes |
| February 22nd, 2006 (February 22 2006) | Event | At least six men stage Britain s biggest robbery ever, stealing ?53m (about $92.5 million or 78? million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent. | |
| February 22nd, 2006 (February 22 2006) | Death | Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (born in 1961) | |
| February 22nd, 2005 (February 22 2005) | Death | Zdzislaw Beksinski, Polish artist (born in 1929) | |
| February 22nd, 2005 (February 22 2005) | Death | Simone Simon, French actress (born in 1910) | |
| February 22nd, 2005 (February 22 2005) | Death | Lee Eun Ju, Korean actress (born in 1980) | |
| February 22nd, 2004 (February 22 2004) | Death | Roque Maspoli, Uruguayan footballer (born in 1917) | |
| February 22nd, 2004 (February 22 2004) | Death | Andy Seminick, American baseball player (born in 1920) | |
| February 22nd, 2003 (February 22 2003) | Death | Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (born in 1913) | |
| February 22nd, 2002 (February 22 2002) | Event | Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. | |
| February 22nd, 2002 (February 22 2002) | Death | Chuck Jones, American animator (born in 1912) | |
| February 22nd, 2002 (February 22 2002) | Death | Jonas Savimbi, Angolan rebel leader (born in 1934) | |
| February 22nd, 2002 (February 22 2002) | Death | Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat and war hero (born in 1916) | |
| February 22nd, 2002 (February 22 2002) | Death | Daniel Pearl, American journalist (born in 1963) | |
| February 22nd, 2000 (February 22 2000) | Death | Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (born in 1946) | |
| February 22nd, 1999 (February 22 1999) | Death | Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (born in 1964) | |
| February 22nd, 1998 (February 22 1998) | Death | Abraham Ribicoff, American politician (born in 1910) | Abraham Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1997 (February 22 1997) | Event | In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned. | |
| February 22nd, 1997 (February 22 1997) | Death | Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (born in 1907) | |
| February 22nd, 1995 (February 22 1995) | Death | Ed Flanders, American actor (born in 1934) | |
| February 22nd, 1994 (February 22 1994) | Event | Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. | |
| February 22nd, 1994 (February 22 1994) | Death | Papa John Creach, American musician (born in 1917) | |
| February 22nd, 1989 (February 22 1989) | Birth | Alia Sabur, American college educator | |
| February 22nd, 1989 (February 22 1989) | Death | Moises da Costa Amaral, East Timorese leader, UDT President in the exterior (born in 1938) | |
| February 22nd, 1988 (February 22 1988) | Birth | Przemyslaw Kazimierczak, Polish footballer | |
| February 22nd, 1987 (February 22 1987) | Death | Andy Warhol, American artist, director, and writer (born in 1928) | Andy Warhol Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1986 (February 22 1986) | Event | Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. | |
| February 22nd, 1986 (February 22 1986) | Birth | Miko Hughes, American actor | |
| February 22nd, 1986 (February 22 1986) | Birth | Rajon Rondo, American basketball player | |
| February 22nd, 1985 (February 22 1985) | Birth | Hameur Bouazza, Algerian footballer | |
| February 22nd, 1985 (February 22 1985) | Birth | Sean Garballey, American politician | |
| February 22nd, 1985 (February 22 1985) | Death | Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (born in 1913) | |
| February 22nd, 1985 (February 22 1985) | Death | Alexander Scourby, American actor (born in 1913) | |
| February 22nd, 1985 (February 22 1985) | Death | Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist (born in 1889) | |
| February 22nd, 1984 (February 22 1984) | Death | Jessamyn West, American writer (born in 1902) | Jessamyn West Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1983 (February 22 1983) | Death | Sir Adrian Boult, English conductor (born in 1889) | |
| February 22nd, 1983 (February 22 1983) | Death | Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (born in 1913) | |
| February 22nd, 1982 (February 22 1982) | Birth | Jenna Haze, American pornographic actress | |
| February 22nd, 1982 (February 22 1982) | Birth | Robert Weiner, Jr., American water polo player | |
| February 22nd, 1982 (February 22 1982) | Death | Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (born in 1898) | |
| February 22nd, 1981 (February 22 1981) | Birth | Fredson Camara, Brazilian footballer | |
| February 22nd, 1980 (February 22 1980) | Event | Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3, in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. | |
| February 22nd, 1980 (February 22 1980) | Death | Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian artist (born in 1886) | |
| February 22nd, 1979 (February 22 1979) | Event | Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom. | |
| February 22nd, 1979 (February 22 1979) | Birth | Brett Emerton, Australian footballer | |
| February 22nd, 1979 (February 22 1979) | Birth | Lee Na-young, South Korean actress | |
| February 22nd, 1977 (February 22 1977) | Birth | Timo Rose, German filmmaker | |
| February 22nd, 1977 (February 22 1977) | Birth | Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer | |
| February 22nd, 1976 (February 22 1976) | Birth | Faan Rautenbach, South African rugby player | |
| February 22nd, 1976 (February 22 1976) | Death | Angela Baddeley, English actress (born in 1904) | |
| February 22nd, 1976 (February 22 1976) | Death | Florence Ballard, American singer (The Supremes) (born in 1943) | |
| February 22nd, 1975 (February 22 1975) | Birth | Drew Barrymore, American actress | |
| February 22nd, 1974 (February 22 1974) | Event | Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit conference starts in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries are attending. Twenty-two heads of state and government participate. | |
| February 22nd, 1974 (February 22 1974) | Event | Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon. | |
| February 22nd, 1974 (February 22 1974) | Birth | James Blunt, English musician | |
| February 22nd, 1974 (February 22 1974) | Birth | Chris Moyles, English DJ | |
| February 22nd, 1974 (February 22 1974) | Death | Samuel Byck, American attempted assassin of Richard Nixon (born in 1930) | |
| February 22nd, 1973 (February 22 1973) | Event | Cold War: Following United States President Richard Nixon s visit to the People s Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices. | |
| February 22nd, 1973 (February 22 1973) | Birth | Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer | |
| February 22nd, 1973 (February 22 1973) | Birth | Claus Lundekvam, Norwegian footballer | |
| February 22nd, 1973 (February 22 1973) | Birth | Einar Kristian Tveita, Norwegian athlete | |
| February 22nd, 1973 (February 22 1973) | Death | Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Quebec politician, Premier of Quebec (born in 1916) | |
| February 22nd, 1973 (February 22 1973) | Death | Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (born in 1900) | |
| February 22nd, 1972 (February 22 1972) | Birth | Michael Chang, American tennis player | |
| February 22nd, 1972 (February 22 1972) | Birth | Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater | |
| February 22nd, 1971 (February 22 1971) | Birth | Lea Salonga, Filipina actress and singer | |
| February 22nd, 1970 (February 22 1970) | Birth | Dominic Roussel, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 22nd, 1969 (February 22 1969) | Birth | Thomas Jane, American actor | |
| February 22nd, 1969 (February 22 1969) | Birth | Joaquin Cortes, Spanish dancer | |
| February 22nd, 1969 (February 22 1969) | Birth | Hans Klok, Dutch illusionist | |
| February 22nd, 1969 (February 22 1969) | Birth | Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer | |
| February 22nd, 1969 (February 22 1969) | Birth | Byron Stroud, American bassist | |
| February 22nd, 1969 (February 22 1969) | Birth | Clinton Kelly, American television personality | |
| February 22nd, 1968 (February 22 1968) | Birth | Shawn Graham, Canadian politician | |
| February 22nd, 1968 (February 22 1968) | Birth | Jayson Williams, American basketball player | |
| February 22nd, 1968 (February 22 1968) | Birth | Bradley Nowell, American musician (died in 1996) | |
| February 22nd, 1968 (February 22 1968) | Birth | Jeri Ryan, American actress | |
| February 22nd, 1968 (February 22 1968) | Birth | Elna Reinach, South African tennis player | |
| February 22nd, 1968 (February 22 1968) | Death | Peter Arno, American cartoonist (born in 1904) | |
| February 22nd, 1967 (February 22 1967) | Birth | Alf Poier, Austrian comedian | |
| February 22nd, 1966 (February 22 1966) | Birth | Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedienne | |
| February 22nd, 1966 (February 22 1966) | Birth | Brian Greig, Australian politician | |
| February 22nd, 1966 (February 22 1966) | Birth | Thorsten Kaye,Daytime actor and poet | |
| February 22nd, 1966 (February 22 1966) | Birth | Aiden Shaw, English pornographic actor | |
| February 22nd, 1965 (February 22 1965) | Birth | Pat Lafontaine, American ice hockey player | |
| February 22nd, 1965 (February 22 1965) | Birth | Dean Karr, American director and photographer | |
| February 22nd, 1965 (February 22 1965) | Birth | Chris Dudley, American basketball player | |
| February 22nd, 1965 (February 22 1965) | Death | Felix Frankfurter, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (born in 1882) | Felix Frankfurter Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1964 (February 22 1964) | Birth | Gigi Fernandez, Puerto Rican tennis player | |
| February 22nd, 1963 (February 22 1963) | Birth | Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer | |
| February 22nd, 1962 (February 22 1962) | Birth | Steve Irwin, Australian herpetologist (died in 2006) | |
| February 22nd, 1962 (February 22 1962) | Birth | Lenda Murray, American bodybuilder | |
| February 22nd, 1962 (February 22 1962) | Birth | Les Wallace, Scottish darts player | |
| February 22nd, 1961 (February 22 1961) | Birth | Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist | Saki Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1961 (February 22 1961) | Death | Nick LaRocca, American jazz musician (born in 1889) | |
| February 22nd, 1960 (February 22 1960) | Death | Paul-Emile Borduas, Quebec painter (born in 1905) | |
| February 22nd, 1959 (February 22 1959) | Event | Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500. | |
| February 22nd, 1959 (February 22 1959) | Birth | Jiri Cunek, Czech politician | |
| February 22nd, 1959 (February 22 1959) | Birth | Kyle MacLachlan, American actor | |
| February 22nd, 1958 (February 22 1958) | Event | Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic. | |
| February 22nd, 1955 (February 22 1955) | Birth | Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| February 22nd, 1953 (February 22 1953) | Birth | Graham Lewis, English musician (Wire) | |
| February 22nd, 1953 (February 22 1953) | Birth | Nigel Planer, British actor | |
| February 22nd, 1952 (February 22 1952) | Birth | Bill Frist, American politician | Bill Frist Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1950 (February 22 1950) | Birth | Julius Erving, American basketball player | |
| February 22nd, 1950 (February 22 1950) | Birth | Ellen Greene, American actress | |
| February 22nd, 1950 (February 22 1950) | Birth | Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer | |
| February 22nd, 1950 (February 22 1950) | Birth | Miou-Miou, French actress | |
| February 22nd, 1950 (February 22 1950) | Birth | Genesis P-Orridge, English musician and performer | |
| February 22nd, 1950 (February 22 1950) | Birth | Julie Walters, English actress | |
| February 22nd, 1949 (February 22 1949) | Birth | Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver and entrepreneur | |
| February 22nd, 1949 (February 22 1949) | Birth | Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player | |
| February 22nd, 1948 (February 22 1948) | Event | Communist coup in Czechoslovakia. | |
| February 22nd, 1948 (February 22 1948) | Birth | John Ashton, American actor | |
| February 22nd, 1947 (February 22 1947) | Birth | Carol Burns, Australian actress | |
| February 22nd, 1945 (February 22 1945) | Birth | Leslie Charleson, American actress | |
| February 22nd, 1945 (February 22 1945) | Birth | Oliver, American singer (died in 2000) | |
| February 22nd, 1945 (February 22 1945) | Death | Osip Brik, Russian writer (born in 1888) | |
| February 22nd, 1944 (February 22 1944) | Event | American aircraft bombard the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer by mistake, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone. | |
| February 22nd, 1944 (February 22 1944) | Birth | Jonathan Demme, American director | |
| February 22nd, 1944 (February 22 1944) | Birth | Robert Kardashian, American lawyer (died in 2003) | |
| February 22nd, 1944 (February 22 1944) | Birth | Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player | |
| February 22nd, 1944 (February 22 1944) | Death | Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Gandhi (born in 1869) | |
| February 22nd, 1943 (February 22 1943) | Event | Members of White Rose are executed in Nazi Germany. | |
| February 22nd, 1943 (February 22 1943) | Birth | Terry Eagleton, British theorist | Terry Eagleton Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1943 (February 22 1943) | Birth | Horst Kohler, President of Germany | |
| February 22nd, 1943 (February 22 1943) | Death | Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (born in 1918) | |
| February 22nd, 1943 (February 22 1943) | Death | Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (born in 1919) | |
| February 22nd, 1943 (February 22 1943) | Death | Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (born in 1921) | |
| February 22nd, 1942 (February 22 1942) | Event | World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defenses collapses. | Douglas MacArthur Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1942 (February 22 1942) | Birth | Christine Keeler, English model and showgirl | |
| February 22nd, 1942 (February 22 1942) | Death | Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (born in 1881) | Stefan Zweig Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1941 (February 22 1941) | Birth | Hipolito Mejia, Dominican politician | |
| February 22nd, 1940 (February 22 1940) | Birth | Johnson Mlambo, South African politician | |
| February 22nd, 1940 (February 22 1940) | Birth | Billy Name, American photographer | |
| February 22nd, 1939 (February 22 1939) | Death | Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (born in 1875) | Antonio Machado Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1938 (February 22 1938) | Birth | Steve Barber, American baseball player (died in 2007) | |
| February 22nd, 1938 (February 22 1938) | Birth | Ishmael Reed, American writer | |
| February 22nd, 1938 (February 22 1938) | Birth | Pierre Vallieres, French-Canadian politician (died in 1995) | |
| February 22nd, 1936 (February 22 1936) | Birth | J. Michael Bishop, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate | |
| February 22nd, 1936 (February 22 1936) | Birth | Ernie K-Doe, American singer (died in 2001) | |
| February 22nd, 1934 (February 22 1934) | Birth | Sparky Anderson, American baseball manager | Sparky Anderson Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1934 (February 22 1934) | Death | Willem Kes, Dutch conductor (born in 1856) | |
| February 22nd, 1933 (February 22 1933) | Birth | Katharine, Duchess of Kent | |
| February 22nd, 1933 (February 22 1933) | Birth | Bobby Smith, English footballer | |
| February 22nd, 1932 (February 22 1932) | Birth | Ted Kennedy, American politician | |
| February 22nd, 1930 (February 22 1930) | Birth | Marni Nixon, American singer | |
| February 22nd, 1930 (February 22 1930) | Birth | James McGarrell, American painter | |
| February 22nd, 1929 (February 22 1929) | Birth | James Hong, American actor | |
| February 22nd, 1929 (February 22 1929) | Birth | Rebecca Schull, American actress | |
| February 22nd, 1928 (February 22 1928) | Birth | Paul Dooley, American actor | |
| February 22nd, 1928 (February 22 1928) | Birth | Bruce Forsyth, British entertainer | |
| February 22nd, 1928 (February 22 1928) | Birth | Clarence 13X, American religious leader (died in 1969) | |
| February 22nd, 1926 (February 22 1926) | Birth | Kenneth Williams, English actor (died in 1988) | |
| February 22nd, 1926 (February 22 1926) | Birth | Bud Yorkin, American film director | |
| February 22nd, 1925 (February 22 1925) | Birth | Edward Gorey, American illustrator (died in 2000) | |
| February 22nd, 1924 (February 22 1924) | Event | Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. | Calvin Coolidge Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1923 (February 22 1923) | Death | Theophile Delcasse, French statesman (born in 1852) | |
| February 22nd, 1922 (February 22 1922) | Birth | Jesus Iglesias, Argentine racing driver (died in 2005) | |
| February 22nd, 1921 (February 22 1921) | Birth | Jean-Bedel Bokassa, Central African Republic leader (died in 1996) | Bede Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1921 (February 22 1921) | Birth | Wayne Booth, American literary critic (died in 2005) | |
| February 22nd, 1921 (February 22 1921) | Birth | David Greene, British television director (died in 2003) | |
| February 22nd, 1921 (February 22 1921) | Birth | Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (died in 1994) | |
| February 22nd, 1921 (February 22 1921) | Death | Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (born in 1864) | |
| February 22nd, 1918 (February 22 1918) | Birth | Sid Abel, Canadian hockey player (died in 2000) | |
| February 22nd, 1918 (February 22 1918) | Birth | Charlie Finley, American sports entrepreneur (died in 1996) | |
| February 22nd, 1918 (February 22 1918) | Birth | Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer | |
| February 22nd, 1918 (February 22 1918) | Birth | Robert Wadlow, American tallest ever-human (died in 1940) | |
| February 22nd, 1917 (February 22 1917) | Birth | Jane Bowles, American playwright (died in 1973) | |
| February 22nd, 1915 (February 22 1915) | Event | World War I: Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare. | |
| February 22nd, 1914 (February 22 1914) | Birth | Renato Dulbecco, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate | |
| February 22nd, 1913 (February 22 1913) | Birth | Buddy Tate, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (died in 2001) | |
| February 22nd, 1913 (February 22 1913) | Death | Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (born in 1857) | |
| February 22nd, 1911 (February 22 1911) | Birth | Bill Baker, American baseball player (died in 2006) | |
| February 22nd, 1908 (February 22 1908) | Birth | Sir John Mills, English actor (died in 2005) | |
| February 22nd, 1907 (February 22 1907) | Birth | Sheldon Leonard, American actor (died in 1997) | |
| February 22nd, 1907 (February 22 1907) | Birth | Robert Young, American actor (died in 1998) | |
| February 22nd, 1904 (February 22 1904) | Event | The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina, the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908. | |
| February 22nd, 1904 (February 22 1904) | Death | Leslie Stephen, English writer and critic (born in 1832) | |
| February 22nd, 1903 (February 22 1903) | Birth | Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (died in 1990) | |
| February 22nd, 1903 (February 22 1903) | Birth | Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (died in 1969) | |
| February 22nd, 1903 (February 22 1903) | Birth | Robert Weede, American baritone (died in 1972) | |
| February 22nd, 1903 (February 22 1903) | Death | Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (born in 1860) | |
| February 22nd, 1902 (February 22 1902) | Birth | Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (died in 1980) | |
| February 22nd, 1900 (February 22 1900) | Birth | Luis Bunuel, Spanish-born film director (died in 1983) | Luis Bunuel Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1900 (February 22 1900) | Birth | Sean O Faolain, Irish author (died in 1991) | |
| February 22nd, 1899 (February 22 1899) | Birth | Dwight Frye, American actor (died in 1943) | |
| February 22nd, 1899 (February 22 1899) | Birth | George O Hara, American actor (died in 1966) | |
| February 22nd, 1899 (February 22 1899) | Birth | Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (died in 1986) | |
| February 22nd, 1897 (February 22 1897) | Birth | Karol Swierczewski, Polish general (died in 1947) | |
| February 22nd, 1895 (February 22 1895) | Birth | Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician (died in 1979) | |
| February 22nd, 1892 (February 22 1892) | Birth | Edna St. Vincent Millay, American writer (died in 1950) | Edna St. Vincent Millay Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1892 (February 22 1892) | Death | Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (born in 1828) | |
| February 22nd, 1891 (February 22 1891) | Birth | Vlas Chubar, Soviet politician (died in 1939) | |
| February 22nd, 1890 (February 22 1890) | Death | John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (born in 1822) | |
| February 22nd, 1890 (February 22 1890) | Death | Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (born in 1834) | |
| February 22nd, 1889 (February 22 1889) | Event | President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states. | Grover Cleveland Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1889 (February 22 1889) | Birth | Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guide (died in 1977) | |
| February 22nd, 1888 (February 22 1888) | Birth | Owen Brewster, American politician (died in 1961) | |
| February 22nd, 1887 (February 22 1887) | Birth | Ksawery Tartakower, Polish chess player (died in 1956) | |
| February 22nd, 1886 (February 22 1886) | Birth | Hugo Ball, German author and poet (died in 1927) | Hugo Ball Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1883 (February 22 1883) | Birth | Marguerite Clark, American actress (died in 1940) | |
| February 22nd, 1882 (February 22 1882) | Event | The Serbian kingdom is refounded. | |
| February 22nd, 1882 (February 22 1882) | Birth | Eric Gill, British sculptor (died in 1940) | Eric Gill Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1881 (February 22 1881) | Birth | Joseph B. Ely, American politician (died in 1956) | |
| February 22nd, 1880 (February 22 1880) | Birth | Frigyes Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (died in 1956) | |
| February 22nd, 1879 (February 22 1879) | Event | In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores. | |
| February 22nd, 1879 (February 22 1879) | Birth | Johannes Nicolaus Bronsted, Danish physical chemist (died in 1947) | |
| February 22nd, 1878 (February 22 1878) | Birth | Walter Ritz, Swiss physicist (died in 1909) | |
| February 22nd, 1875 (February 22 1875) | Death | Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (born in 1796) | |
| February 22nd, 1875 (February 22 1875) | Death | Sir Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (born in 1797) | |
| February 22nd, 1874 (February 22 1874) | Birth | Bill Klem, American baseball umpire (died in 1951) | |
| February 22nd, 1864 (February 22 1864) | Birth | Jules Renard, French author (died in 1910) | |
| February 22nd, 1862 (February 22 1862) | Event | Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861. | |
| February 22nd, 1857 (February 22 1857) | Birth | Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English founder of the Boy Scouts (died in 1941) | |
| February 22nd, 1857 (February 22 1857) | Birth | Heinrich Hertz, German physicist (died in 1894) | |
| February 22nd, 1856 (February 22 1856) | Event | The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | |
| February 22nd, 1849 (February 22 1849) | Birth | Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician (died in 1915) | |
| February 22nd, 1847 (February 22 1847) | Event | Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista5,000 American troops drive off 15,000 Mexicans. | |
| February 22nd, 1840 (February 22 1840) | Birth | August Bebel, German politician (died in 1913) | |
| February 22nd, 1839 (February 22 1839) | Birth | Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (died in 1906) | |
| February 22nd, 1825 (February 22 1825) | Birth | Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (died in 1898) | |
| February 22nd, 1824 (February 22 1824) | Birth | Pierre Janssen, French astronomer (died in 1907) | |
| February 22nd, 1819 (February 22 1819) | Event | By the Adams-Onis Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars. | |
| February 22nd, 1819 (February 22 1819) | Birth | James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (died in 1891) | James Russell Lowell Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1817 (February 22 1817) | Birth | Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician (died in 1880) | |
| February 22nd, 1816 (February 22 1816) | Death | Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian (born in 1723) | Adam Ferguson Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1806 (February 22 1806) | Birth | Jozef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (died in 1875) | Philo Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1799 (February 22 1799) | Death | Heshen, infamous Qing Dynasty Chinese official at court (born in 1750) | |
| February 22nd, 1797 (February 22 1797) | Event | Last Invasion of Britain: 1797 The Last Invasion of Britain by the French, begins near Fishguard, Wales. | |
| February 22nd, 1797 (February 22 1797) | Death | Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Munchhausen, German officer and adventurer (born in 1720) | |
| February 22nd, 1796 (February 22 1796) | Birth | Alexis Bachelot, French missionary (died in 1837) | |
| February 22nd, 1796 (February 22 1796) | Birth | Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (died in 1874) | |
| February 22nd, 1788 (February 22 1788) | Birth | Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (died in 1860) | Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1778 (February 22 1778) | Birth | Rembrandt Peale, American artist (died in 1860) | |
| February 22nd, 1756 (February 22 1756) | Birth | Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (died in 1821) | |
| February 22nd, 1744 (February 22 1744) | Event | War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon begins. | |
| February 22nd, 1742 (February 22 1742) | Death | Charles Rivington, English publisher (born in 1688) | |
| February 22nd, 1732 (February 22 1732) | Birth | George Washington, First President of the United States (died in 1799) | George Washington Quotes |
| February 22nd, 1732 (February 22 1732) | Death | Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (born in 1663) | |
| February 22nd, 1731 (February 22 1731) | Death | Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (born in 1638) | |
| February 22nd, 1727 (February 22 1727) | Death | Francesco Gasparini, Italian composer (born in 1661) | |
| February 22nd, 1714 (February 22 1714) | Birth | Louis-Georges de Brequigny, French historian (died in 1795) | |
| February 22nd, 1705 (February 22 1705) | Birth | Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (died in 1735) | |
| February 22nd, 1690 (February 22 1690) | Death | Charles Le Brun, French artist (born in 1619) | |
| February 22nd, 1680 (February 22 1680) | Death | Catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (born in c.1640) | |
| February 22nd, 1674 (February 22 1674) | Death | Jean Chapelain, French writer (born in 1595) | |
| February 22nd, 1632 (February 22 1632) | Event | Galileo s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published. | |
| February 22nd, 1627 (February 22 1627) | Death | Olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (born in 1558) | |
| February 22nd, 1612 (February 22 1612) | Birth | George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (died in 1677) | |
| February 22nd, 1512 (February 22 1512) | Death | Amerigo Vespucci, Italian merchant and explorer (born in 1454) | |
| February 22nd, 1500 (February 22 1500) | Birth | Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (died in 1564) | |
| February 22nd, 1495 (February 22 1495) | Event | King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city s throne. | |
| February 22nd, 1440 (February 22 1440) | Birth | Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (died in 1457) | |
| February 22nd, 1403 (February 22 1403) | Birth | Charles VII of France (died in 1461) | |
| February 22nd, 1371 (February 22 1371) | Death | King David II of Scotland (born in 1324) | |
| February 22nd, 1111 (February 22 1111) | Death | Roger Borsa, King of Sicily | |
| February 22nd, 1071 (February 22 1071) | Death | Arnulf III, Count of Flanders (killed in battle) (born in c.1055) | |
| February 22nd, 1040 (February 22 1040) | Birth | Rashi, French rabbi (died in 1105) | |
| February 22nd, 0965 (February 22 0965) | Death | Odo, Duke of Burgundy (born in 944) | |
