# On this day: September 22

September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years), with 100 days left until the end of the year.

## September 22 in one line

Headline entries for September 22, from Wikipedia: in 1869, Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des Nibelungen by the German composer Richard Wagner, was first performed in Munich; born 1791: Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (died 1867); died 1539: Guru Nanak, Sikh religious leader, founded Sikhism (born 1469). In 2026 it is a Tuesday, in 2027 a Wednesday.

## Events on September 22

- 1236 Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword were soundly defeated by pagan Samogitian and Semigallian troops at the Battle of Saule. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saule)
- 1499 The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_War)
- 1586 Eighty Years' War: Spanish forces defeated an Anglo-Dutch army at the Battle of Zutphen.* 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General was formally established. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zutphen)
- 1692 Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmot Redd, Margaret Scott, and Samuel Wardwell are hanged, the last of those to be executed in the Salem witch trials. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials)
- 1726 Bach led the first performance of his cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, in Leipzig. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wer_Dank_opfert%2C_der_preiset_mich%2C_BWV_17)
- 1862 A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation)
- 1869 Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des Nibelungen by the German composer Richard Wagner, was first performed in Munich. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Rheingold)
- 1896 Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history (later surpassed by her great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth II on 9 September 2015). [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria)
- 1914 First World War: The German submarine U-9 sank three Royal Navy cruisers, resulting in approximately 1,450 deaths. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_22_September_1914)
- 1914 World War I: German naval forces bombarded Papeete in French Polynesia and sank a French gunboat. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Papeete)
- 1922 After nine days, the great fire of Smyrna was extinguished, having caused at least ten thousand deaths. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Smyrna)
- 1934 One of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when an explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales killed 266 men. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresford_disaster)
- 1939 A joint military parade by the troops of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union took place in Brest-Litovsk to celebrate their partition of Poland. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_military_parade_in_Brest-Litovsk)
- 1948 Led by Gail Halvorsen, the United States Air Force began Operation "Little Vittles", delivering candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Halvorsen)
- 1957 François Duvalier, nicknamed Papa Doc, was elected President of Haiti as a populist before consolidating power and ruling as a dictator for the rest of his life. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Duvalier)
- 1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire and after a last engagement near Dograi. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_war_of_1965)
- 1975 Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford, but failed due to unfamiliarity with her weapon. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Jane_Moore)
- 1979 An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_incident)
- 1980 Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year Iran–Iraq War. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War)
- 1991 The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls)
- 1993 A tugboat towing a barge collided with a rail bridge in Mobile, Alabama, U.S., deforming the tracks and causing the derailment of a passenger train eight minutes later, which killed 47 people and injured an additional 103. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bayou_Canot_rail_accident)
- 1994 The Nordhordland Bridge, crossing Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Vestland, and Norway's second-longest bridge, officially opened. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordhordland_Bridge)
- 2003 Dolphin, the first emulator for the GameCube that could run commercial video games, was released. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(emulator))
- 2013 Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked by two suicide bombers who killed 127 people. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar_church_bombing)
- 2014 The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAVEN)
- 2024 Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake)

## Born on September 22

- 1515 Anne of Cleves, Queen consort of England (died 1557) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves)
- 1601 Anne of Austria, Queen and regent of France (died 1666) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Austria)
- 1694 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1773) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Stanhope%2C_4th_Earl_of_Chesterfield)
- 1741 Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (died 1811) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Simon_Pallas)
- 1791 Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (died 1867) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday)
- 1878 Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1967) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida)
- 1882 Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal, head of the German armed forces (OKW), and convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1946) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Keitel)
- 1885 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1957) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_Stroheim)
- 1895 Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (died 1967) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Muni)
- 1932 Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (died 2010) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algirdas_Brazauskas)
- 1939 Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (died 2016) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junko_Tabei)
- 1940 Anna Karina, Danish-French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2019) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karina)
- 1951 David Coverdale, English singer-songwriter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coverdale)
- 1953 Ségolène Royal, French politician [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9gol%C3%A8ne_Royal)
- 1957 Nick Cave, Australian singer-songwriter, author, and actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cave)
- 1958 Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer-songwriter and producer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bocelli)
- 1958 Joan Jett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Jett)
- 1959 Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Perlmutter)
- 1970 Emmanuel Petit, French footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Petit)
- 1982 Maarten Stekelenburg, Dutch footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Stekelenburg)
- 1984 Thiago Silva, Brazilian footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiago_Silva)
- 1987 Tom Felton, English actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Felton)

## Died on September 22

- 530 Pope Felix IV [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Felix_IV)
- 1253 Dōgen, Japanese monk and philosopher (born 1200) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Dgen)
- 1520 Selim I, Ottoman sultan (born 1465) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selim_I)
- 1539 Guru Nanak, Sikh religious leader, founded Sikhism (born 1469) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak)
- 1774 Pope Clement XIV (born 1705) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_XIV)
- 1872 Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and linguist (born 1801) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Dal)
- 1914 Alain-Fournier, French soldier and author (born 1886) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain-Fournier)
- 1952 Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (born 1865) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaarlo_Juho_St%C3%A5hlberg)
- 1956 Frederick Soddy, English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1877) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Soddy)
- 1989 Irving Berlin, Russian-born American composer and songwriter (born 1888) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin)
- 1999 George C. Scott, American actor, director, and producer (born 1927) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Scott)
- 2007 Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (born 1923) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Marceau)
- 2022 Hilary Mantel, British author (born 1952) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Mantel)
- 2024 Fredric Jameson, American academic and literary critic (born 1934) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_Jameson)

## Holidays and observances

- American Business Women's Day (United States) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Business_Women's_Day)
- Baltic Unity Day (Lithuania, Latvia) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Unity_Day)
- Christian feast days: Digna and Emerita [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digna_and_Emerita)
- Christian feast days: Emmeram of Regensburg [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmeram_of_Regensburg)
- Christian feast days: Felix and Constantia [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_and_Constantia)
- Christian feast days: Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_of_Santhi%C3%A0)
- Christian feast days: Laud of Coutances [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laud_of_Coutances)
- Christian feast days: Paul Chong Hasang (one of The Korean Martyrs) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chong_Hasang)
- Christian feast days: Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Phocas)
- Christian feast days: Phocas, Bishop of Sinope [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phocas%2C_Bishop_of_Sinope)
- Christian feast days: Sadalberga [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadalberga)
- Christian feast days: Septimius of Iesi (this date since 1623) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_of_Iesi)
- Christian feast days: Theban Legion, including: Candidus [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Candidus)
- Christian feast days: Theban Legion, including: Maurice (Western Christianity) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Maurice)
- Christian feast days: Philander Chase (Episcopal Church) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philander_Chase)
- Christian feast days: September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_22_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere: Autumnal Equinox Day (Japan) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumnal_Equinox_Day)
- Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere: Mabon in the Northern Hemisphere, Ostara in the Southern Hemisphere. (Neopagan Wheel of the Year) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_the_Year)
- Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere: The first day of Miķeļi (Latvia) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C4%B7e%C4%BCi)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire in 1908. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mali from France in 1960. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Mali)
- Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_Fighting_Day)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “September 22”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_22) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/September 22”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/September_22) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“September 22”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_22) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_22?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for September 22 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## September 22 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Tuesday | 2026-W39 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2027 | Wednesday | 2027-W38 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2028 | Friday | 2028-W38 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
| 2029 | Saturday | 2029-W38 | 🌕 Full Moon |
| 2030 | Sunday | 2030-W38 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on September 22

- [🇯🇵 Japan](https://whathappen.today/holidays/japan/): National Holiday (2026)

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