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On January 22, 613: Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.

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Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.

Heraclius Constantine, often enumerated as Constantine III, was one of the shortest reigning sole Byzantine emperors, ruling for three months in 641. He was the eldest son of Emperor Heraclius and his first wife Fabia Eudokia.

People

Born on January 22

Athena Mapelli Mozzi 2025– British princess (born 1988)
Pau Cubarsí 2007– Spanish footballer (born 2007)
Caitlin Clark 2002– American basketball player (born 2002)
Laia Codina 2000– Spanish footballer (born 2000)
Andrew Thomas 1999– American football player (born 1999)
Silento 1998– American former rapper (born 1998)
Walid Cheddira 1998– Moroccan footballer (born 1998)
Fan Zhendong 1997– Chinese table tennis player
Dillon Brooks 1996– Canadian basketball player (born 1996)
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Sami Gayle 1996– American actress (born 1996)
Joshua Ho-Sang 1996– Canadian ice hockey player and rapper (born 1996)
Kumi Sasaki 1996– Japanese television personality (born 1996)
Tyrone Taylor 1994– American baseball player (born 1994)
Vincent Aboubakar 1992– Cameroonian footballer (born 1992)
Stefan Kolb 1991– German footballer
Alizé Cornet 1990– French tennis player (born 1990)
Mike Hauschild 1990– American baseball player (born 1990)
Logic 1990– American rapper and singer (born 1990)

People

Died on January 22

Hifumi Katō Japanese shogi player (1940–2026)
Lin Brehmer American radio host (1954–2023)
Thích Nhất Hạnh Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist (1926–2022)
Hank Aaron American baseball player (1934–2021) Ursula K. Le Guin American author (1929–2018)
William B. Jordan American art historian (1940–2018)
Masaya Nakamura Japanese businessman (1925–2017)
Yordano Ventura Dominican baseball player (1991–2017)
Homayoun Behzadi Iranian footballer (1942–2016)
Show 9 more — notable deaths on January 22
Cecil Parkinson British politician (1931–2016)
Lois Ramsey Australian actress
Kamer Genç Turkish politician (1940–2016)
Fabrizio de Miranda Italian engineer (1926–2015)
Wendell H. Ford American politician (1924–2015)
Margaret Bloy Graham Canadian children's book author and illustrator
Maziar Partow Iranian cinematographer (born 1933)
Robert Bonnaud French historian (1929–2013)
Hinton Mitchem American politician

Timeline

Every January 22 on record

  1. 613 Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.

    Byzantine emperor in 641

    Heraclius Constantine, often enumerated as Constantine III, was one of the shortest reigning sole Byzantine emperors, ruling for three months in 641. He was the eldest son of Emperor Heraclius and his first wife Fabia Eudokia.

  2. 871 Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing.

    Battle between Vikings and West Saxons in 871

    The Battle of Basing was a victory of a Viking army over the West Saxons at the royal estate of Basing in Hampshire on about 22 January 871.

  3. 1506 The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.

    Military of Vatican City, Bodyguard of the Pope

    The Pontifical Swiss Guard, also known as the Papal Swiss Guard or simply Swiss Guard, is an armed force, guard of honour, and protective security unit, maintained by the Holy See to protect the Pope and the Apostolic Palace within the territory of the Vatican City State. Established in 1506 under Pope Julius II, it is among the oldest military units in continuous operation and is sometimes called "the world's smallest army".

  4. 1517 The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Egypt at the Battle of Ridaniya.

    Turkish Empire (c. 1299–1922)

    The Ottoman Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire, was a state that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century to the early 20th century, centred in modern-day Turkey. It also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

  5. 1555 The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Myanmar.

    Polity in upper Myanmar (1365–1555)

    The Ava Kingdom also known as Inwa Kingdom or Kingdom of Ava was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma (Myanmar) from 1365 to 1555. Founded in 1365, the kingdom was the successor state to the petty kingdoms of Myinsaing, Pinya and Sagaing that had ruled central Burma since the collapse of the Pagan Kingdom in the late 13th century.

  6. 1689 The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
  7. 1808 The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
  8. 1849 Second Anglo-Sikh War: The Siege of Multan ends after nine months when the last Sikh defenders of Multan, Punjab, surrender.
  9. 1863 The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
  10. 1879 Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Isandlwana results in a Zulu victory.
  11. 1879 Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift, just some 15 km (9.3 mi) away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
  12. 1890 The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
  13. 1901 Edward VII is proclaimed King of the United Kingdom after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  14. 1905 Bloody Sunday occurs in Saint Petersburg, beginning the 1905 revolution.
  15. 1906 SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
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  1. 1915 Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
  2. 1917 American entry into World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
  3. 1919 Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
  4. 1924 Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  5. 1927 Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
  6. 1941 World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
  7. 1943 World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.
  8. 1944 World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
  9. 1946 In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.
  10. 1946 Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  11. 1947 KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
  12. 1957 Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
  13. 1963 The Élysée Treaty of cooperation between France and West Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.
  14. 1967 Between dozens and hundreds of anti-Somocista demonstrators are killed by the Nicaraguan National Guard in Managua.
  15. 1968 Apollo Program: Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.

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