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Historical events on October 22

OCTOBER 22, 1633
At the Battle of Liaoluo Bay Ming Chinese naval forces defeated a Dutch East India Company fleet in the Taiwan Strait, the largest naval encounter between Chinese and European forces before the First Opium War more than two hundred years later.
The Battle of Liaoluo Bay took place in 1633 off the coast of Fujian, China; involving the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Read More
OCTOBER 22, 1907
A bank run forced New York's Knickerbocker Trust Company to suspend operations, triggering the Panic of 1907 (pictured).
A bank run or run on the bank occurs when many clients withdraw their money from a bank, because they believe the Read More
OCTOBER 22, 1797
Dropping from a hydrogen balloon at a height of approximately 3,000 feet (1,000 m), André-Jacques Garnerin carried out the first descent using a frameless parachute.
A gas balloon is a balloon that rises and floats in the air because it is filled with a gas lighter than Read More
OCTOBER 22, 1877
Scotland's worst mining accident occurred when an explosion at a colliery in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, killed 207 miners.
The Blantyre mining disaster, which happened on the morning of 22 October 1877, in Blantyre, Scotland, was Scotland's worst ever mining accident. Read More
OCTOBER 22, 2015
A sword-wielding man attacked students and teachers at a high school in Trollhättan, killing three people in Sweden's deadliest school attack.
On 22 October 2015, a mass stabbing occurred at Kronan School, a high school in Trollhättan, Sweden. 21-year-old Anton Lundin Pettersson killed Read More
OCTOBER 22, 1740
A two-week massacre of ethnic Chinese in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, came to an end with at least 10,000 people killed.
The 1740 Batavia massacre was a massacre and pogrom of ethnic Chinese residents of the port city of Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Read More
OCTOBER 22, 1940
After evading French and Spanish authorities, Belgian prime minister Hubert Pierlot arrived in London, marking the beginning of the Belgian government in exile.
Hubert Marie Eugène Pierlot was a Belgian politician and Prime Minister of Belgium, serving between 1939 and 1945. Pierlot, a lawyer and Read More
OCTOBER 22, 1987
John Adams' (pictured) opera Nixon in China premiered.
John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly Read More
OCTOBER 22, 906
Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh, an Abbasid military officer of Turkic origin, led a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking at least 4,000 captives.
Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh was an Abbasid military officer of Turkic origin who served as governor in Syria and Egypt. He was ousted Read More
OCTOBER 22, 1936
The Royal Navy cutlass was withdrawn from combat service.
Ratings of the Royal Navy have used cutlasses, short, wide bladed swords, since the early 18th century. These were originally of non-uniform Read More
OCTOBER 22, 1724
J. S. Bach led the first performance of the chorale cantata Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul), based on the communion hymn of the same name, in Leipzig.
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across Read More
OCTOBER 22, 1895
At Gare Montparnasse in Paris, an express train derailed after overrunning the buffer stop and crashed through the station wall, with the locomotive landing on the street below.
Gare Montparnasse, officially Paris Montparnasse, is one of the seven large Paris railway termini, and is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements. (Image Credits)
OCTOBER 22, 1727
George II and Caroline of Ansbach (pictured) were crowned king and queen of Great Britain in Westminster Abbey.
George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from Read More
OCTOBER 22, 2014
In Ottawa, Canada, the downtown core was placed on lockdown after a series of shootings at Parliament Hill.
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the meeting Read More

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