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On February 22, 896: Pope Formosus crowns Arnulf of Carinthia as Emperor in Rome. Arnulf suffers a stroke soon after and retreats from Italy.

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Pope Formosus crowns Arnulf of Carinthia as Emperor in Rome. Arnulf suffers a stroke soon after and retreats from Italy.

Pope Formosus was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 891 until his death on 4 April 896. His reign as Pope was troubled, marked by interventions in power struggles over the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Kingdom of West Francia, and the Holy Roman Empire. Because he sided with Arnulf of Carinthia against Lambert of Spoleto, Formosus's remains were exhumed and put on trial in the Cadaver Synod.

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Born on February 22

Harry Brook 1999– English cricketer (born 1999)
Jerome Robinson 1997– American basketball player (born 1997)
Ilya Samsonov 1997– Russian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Kia Nurse 1996– Canadian basketball player (born 1996)
Devonte' Graham 1995– American basketball player (born 1995)
Nam Joo-hyuk 1994– South Korean actor and model (born 1994)
Elfrid Payton 1994– American basketball player (born 1994)
Dixon Machado 1992– Venezuelan baseball player (born 1992)
Khalil Mack 1991– American football player (born 1991)
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Franco Vázquez 1989– Argentine football player
Jonathan Borlée 1988– Belgian sprinter (born 1988)
Han Hyo-joo 1987– South Korean actress (born 1987)
Sergio Romero 1987– Argentine footballer (born 1987)
Rajon Rondo 1986– American basketball player (born 1986)
Hamer Bouazza 1985– Algeria international footballer (born 1985)
Georgios Printezis 1985– Greek professional basketball player (born 1985)
Zach Roerig 1985– American actor (born 1985)
Tommy Bowe 1984– Ireland international rugby union player

People

Died on February 22

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (born 1966) Mexican drug lord (1966–2026)
John Lowe English pianist (1942–2024)
Lawrence Ferlinghetti American poet (1919–2021)
Brody Stevens American comedian (1970–2019)
Morgan Woodward American actor (1925–2019)
Chris Rainbow Scottish pop rock singer and musician (1946–2015)
Charlotte Dawson New Zealand–Australian television personality
Trebor Jay Tichenor American pianist and composer (born 1940)
Leo Vroman Dutch poet
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Atje Keulen-Deelstra Dutch speed skater (1938–2013)
Jean-Louis Michon French traditionalist scholar (1924–2013)
Wolfgang Sawallisch German conductor and pianist (1923–2013)
Sukhbir Indian Writer
Frank Carson Northern Irish comedian and actor (1926–2012)
Marie Colvin American war correspondent (1956–2012)
Rémi Ochlik French photojournalist (1983 – 2012)
George Jellicoe British army officer, politician and businessman (1918–2007)
Dennis Johnson American basketball player (1954–2007)

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Every February 22 on record

  1. 896 Pope Formosus crowns Arnulf of Carinthia as Emperor in Rome. Arnulf suffers a stroke soon after and retreats from Italy.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 891 to 896

    Pope Formosus was the pope and ruler of the Papal States from 6 October 891 until his death on 4 April 896. His reign as Pope was troubled, marked by interventions in power struggles over the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Kingdom of West Francia, and the Holy Roman Empire. Because he sided with Arnulf of Carinthia against Lambert of Spoleto, Formosus's remains were exhumed and put on trial in the Cadaver Synod.

  2. 1076 Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085

    Pope Gregory VII, born Hildebrand of Sovana, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 April 1073 to his death in 1085. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

  3. 1288 The Franciscan Girolamo Maschi is elected pope, choosing the name Nicholas IV.

    Group of religious orders within the Catholic Church connected with St. Francis of Assisi

    The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent religious orders for men, an order for nuns known as the Order of Saint Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis, a religious and secular group open to male and female members.

  4. 1316 The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.

    1316 battle between Achaea and Majorca

    The Battle of Picotin was fought on 22 February 1316 between the Catalan forces of the infante Ferdinand of Majorca, claimant to the Principality of Achaea, and the forces loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut, comprising native levies from the barons loyal to the Princess as well as Burgundian knights. The battle ended in a crushing victory for Ferdinand, but he was later engaged and killed by the troops of Matilda's husband, Louis of Burgundy, at the Battle of Manolada.

  5. 1371 Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.

    King of Scots from 1371 to 1390

    Robert II was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was named Robert Stewart. Upon the death of his uncle David II, Robert succeeded to the throne as the first monarch of the House of Stuart.

  6. 1495 King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.
  7. 1632 Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.
  8. 1651 St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.
  9. 1744 War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
  10. 1770 British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in North End, Boston, fatally wounding 11-year-old Christopher Seider; the first American fatality of the American Revolution.
  11. 1797 The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
  12. 1819 By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
  13. 1847 Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
  14. 1848 The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
  15. 1856 The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.
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  1. 1862 American Civil War: 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.
  2. 1872 The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
  3. 1879 In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
  4. 1881 Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York.
  5. 1889 President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
  6. 1899 Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
  7. 1904 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.
  8. 1909 The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  9. 1921 After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.[citation needed]
  10. 1942 World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
  11. 1943 World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
  12. 1943 Yankee Clipper crashes while landing on the Tagus in Lisbon, killing 24.
  13. 1944 World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
  14. 1944 World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.
  15. 1946 The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.

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