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On September 22, 904: The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.

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The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.

Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (後梁太祖), personal name Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠), né Zhu Wen (朱溫), name later changed to Zhu Huang (朱晃), nickname Zhu San, was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician. He was a Jiedushi and warlord who in 907 overthrew the Tang dynasty and established the Later Liang dynasty, ruling as its first emperor, ushering in the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The last two Tang emperors, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang and Emperor Ai of Tang, who "ruled" as his puppets from 903 to 907, were both murdered by him.

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Born on September 22

Coco Yoshizawa 2009– Japanese skateboarder
Jessie Murph 2004– American singer (born 2004)
Louise Christie 2000– British rhythmic gymnast
Stephen Crichton 2000– Samoa international rugby league footballer
Seungmin 2000– South Korean singer (born 2000)
Kim Yo-han 1999– South Korean singer and actor (born 1999)
Kim You-jung 1999– South Korean actress (born 1999)
Nayeon 1995– South Korean singer (born 1995)
Carlos Correa 1994– Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1994)
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Jinyoung 1994– South Korean singer and actor (born 1994)
Haason Reddick 1994– American football player (born 1994)
Alexander Wennberg 1994– Swedish ice hockey player (born 1994)
Philip Hindes 1992– British cyclist
Kenny Bromwich 1991– New Zealand & Maori international rugby league footballer
Denard Robinson 1990– American football player (born 1990)
Jon Bass 1989– American actor (born 1989)
Kim Hyo-yeon 1989– South Korean singer (born 1989)
Sabine Lisicki 1989– German tennis player (born 1989)

People

Died on September 22

Roy Clay American computer scientist (1929–2024)
Fredric Jameson American academic and literary critic (1934–2024)
Altemio Sanchez Serial killer and rapist
Hilary Mantel British writer (1952–2022)
Pal Singh Purewal Canadian engineer (1931/32–2022)
Neil Brannon American politician (1940–2020)
Chas Hodges English musician and singer (1943–2018)
Edna Molewa South African politician (1957–2018)
Delphine Medjo Cameroonian politician (1941–2016)
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Yogi Berra American baseball player, manager, and coach (1925–2015)
Fernando Cabrita Portuguese footballer and manager
Sahana Pradhan Nepali politician
Erik van der Wurff Dutch pianist, composer and arranger (1945–2014)
Hans E. Wallman Swedish entrepreneur, composer, director, author, producer and executive
Gary Brandner American writer
Jane Connell American actress and singer (1925–2013)
David H. Hubel Canadian neurophysiologist (1926–2013)
Álvaro Mutis Colombian poet, novelist and essayist

Timeline

Every September 22 on record

  1. 904 The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.

    Chinese warlord and Later Liang emperor from 907 to 912

    Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (後梁太祖), personal name Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠), né Zhu Wen (朱溫), name later changed to Zhu Huang (朱晃), nickname Zhu San, was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician. He was a Jiedushi and warlord who in 907 overthrew the Tang dynasty and established the Later Liang dynasty, ruling as its first emperor, ushering in the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The last two Tang emperors, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang and Emperor Ai of Tang, who "ruled" as his puppets from 903 to 907, were both murdered by him.

  2. 1236 The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.

    1236 battle of the Livonian Crusade

    The Battle of Saule was fought on 22 September 1236, between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and pagan troops of Samogitians and Semigallians. Between 48 and 60 knights were killed, including the Livonian Master, Volkwin. It was the earliest large-scale defeat suffered by the orders in Baltic lands.

  3. 1359 An Aragonese cavalry force defeats a superior Castilian cavalry force in the Battle of Araviana during the War of the Two Peters.

    The Battle of Araviana was a cavalry action fought during the War of the Two Peters on 22 September 1359. Eight hundred Aragonese horse, many of them Castilian exiles in service of the Crown of Aragon under Henry of Trastámara, had launched a cavalgada in Castilian territory when, near the Castilian town of Ágreda, confronted and routed a Castilian force under Juan Fernández de Henestrosa set to guard the frontier. Numerous Castilian noblemen and knights were killed, including Henestrosa, while many other were captured.

  4. 1499 The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War.

    Treaty between the Swabian League and the Swiss Confederacy

    The Treaty of Basel of 22 September 1499 was an armistice following the Battle of Dornach, concluding the Swabian War, fought between the Swabian League and the Old Swiss Confederacy.

  5. 1586 Eighty Years' War: A Spanish force led by the Marquis del Vasto successfully fights its way past a joint English/Dutch ambush in the Battle of Zutphen.

    c. 1566/1568–1648 war in Habsburg Netherlands

    The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralisation, excessive taxation, and the rights and privileges of the Dutch nobility and cities.

  6. 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.
  7. 1711 The first attacks of the Tuscarora War begin in present-day North Carolina.
  8. 1761 George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  9. 1776 Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
  10. 1789 The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
  11. 1789 Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
  12. 1792 Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
  13. 1823 Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
  14. 1857 The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
  15. 1862 A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
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  1. 1866 The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
  2. 1885 Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
  3. 1891 The first hydropower plant of Finland is commissioned along the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, Pirkanmaa.
  4. 1892 A locomotive shunting falls into a hole in the ground, leading to the burial of the locomotive.
  5. 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).
  6. 1910 The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
  7. 1914 A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1,500 sailors.
  8. 1919 The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
  9. 1934 The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
  10. 1939 World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
  11. 1941 The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
  12. 1948 Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
  13. 1948 Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
  14. 1953 The Four Level Interchange, first stack interchange in the world opened in Los Angeles.
  15. 1957 In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.

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