page_title: 1922
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1922 / Deaths / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Pope Benedict XV. Français&#160;: Photo de Benoît XV prise vers 1915.
context_page_description: 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1922nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 922nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 22nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1922, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 1 – István Kühár, Prekmurje Slovene writer, politician (b. 1887)
  January 5 – Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (b. 1874)
  January 10
  Ōkuma Shigenobu, 2-time Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1838)
  Frank Tudor, Australian politician (b. 1866)
  January 15 – John Kirk, British explorer (b. 1832)
  January 22
  Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
  Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient (b. 1837)
  James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Irish-born politician, diplomat and historian (b. 1838)
  William Christie, British astronomer (b. 1845)
  January 23 – Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b. 1855)
  January 27
  Nellie Bly, American undercover journalist (b. 1864)
  Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (b. 1840)
  January 31 – Heinrich Reinhardt, Austrian composer (b. 1865)
caption: Pope Benedict XV
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