Historical events on June 22
JUNE 22, 1922
Irish Republican Army gunmen assassinated British member of parliament Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) of 1922–1969 was a sub-group of the original pre-1922 Irish Republican Army, characterised as the Anti-Treaty IRA
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JUNE 22, 2009
Two Metro trains collided in Washington, D.C., killing nine people and injuring eighty others.
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area
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JUNE 22, 1979
Former British Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe was acquitted of conspiracy to murder Norman Scott, who had accused Thorpe of having a relationship with him.
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party, in the
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JUNE 22, 1812
France declared war on Russia, starting Napoleon's invasion two days later.
The First French Empire declared war on Russian Empire on 22 June [O.S. 10 June] 1812, starting Napoleon's invasion two days later. The declaration
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JUNE 22, 2022
An earthquake registering 6.2 Mw caused the deaths of at least 1,000 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A 4.0-kilometre (2.5 mi) deep earthquake measuring magnitude (Mw ) 6.2 struck southeastern Afghanistan on 22 June 2022 at 01:24:36 AFT. The earthquake had
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JUNE 22, 1593
Habsburg troops defeated a larger Ottoman force at the Battle of Sisak in the Kingdom of Croatia, triggering the Long Turkish War.
The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm, was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities
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JUNE 22, 1813
War of 1812: After learning of a forthcoming American attack, Laura Secord walked 20 mi (32 km) from Queenston, Upper Canada, to warn British lieutenant James FitzGibbon (depicted).
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North
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JUNE 22, 1911
King George V and Queen Mary (both pictured) were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
JUNE 22, 1966
Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ crushed the Buddhist Uprising.
Buddhism in Vietnam, as practiced by the Vietnamese people, is a form of East Asian Mahayana Buddhism. It is the main religion
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JUNE 22, 1941
World War II: German minister of foreign affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop presented a declaration of war to the Soviet ambassador Vladimir Dekanozov in Berlin.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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JUNE 22, 1807
The British warship HMS Leopard pursued and attacked the American frigate USS Chesapeake (pictured) in the belief that the crew of the latter included deserters from the Royal Navy.
HMS Leopard was a 50-gun Portland class fourth rate of the Royal Navy. She served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars,
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JUNE 22, 1941
World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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