22 September

The 22t o September is the 265t day o the year (266t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 100 days bidin.

 Events 
 1761 - George III o Great Breetain is crouned.
 1857 - Roushie warship "Lefort" capsizes an sinks in the Gulf o Finland, killin 806 fowk.
 1877 - French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan discovers a group o 5 galaxies.
 1896 - Queen Victoria becomes the langest-reignin Breetish monarch. Her record is beaten bi Elizabeth II on 9 September 2015.
 1908 - Bulgarie declares unthirldom frae the Ottoman Empire.
 1934 - A splosion at the Gresford Colliery in Wales kills 226 fowk.
 1955 - Breetish telly network ITV goes on air.
 1960 - Mali gains unthirldom frae Fraunce.
 1980 - Iraq invades Iran, stairtin the Iran-Iraq War.
 1990 - Alex Salmond is electit convener o the Scots Naitional Pairty.
 2002 - Gerhard Schröder is re-electit Chancellor o Germany.
 2013 - Angela Merkel is electit tae a 3rd term as Chancellor o Germany.
 2013 - A bomb attack on a kirk in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills at least 70 fowk.
 2014 - Ewa Kopacz becomes Prime Meenister o Poland.

 Births 
 1515 - Anne o Cleves, German-born Queen Consort o Ingland (d. 1557)
 1552 - Vasili IV o Roushie (d. 1612)
 1601 - Anne o Austrick, Queen Consort o Fraunce (d. 1666)
 1741 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist an botanist (d. 1811)
 1768 - George Campbell, 6t Duke o Argyll, Scots politeecian an nobleman (d. 1839)
 1791 - Michael Faraday, Inglis scientist (d. 1867)
 1810 - John Brown, Scots medicinar an essayist (d. 1882)
 1882 - Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (d. 1946)
 1931 - George Younger, 4t Viscoont Younger o Leckie, Scots politeecian an banker (d. 2003)
 1942 - Wu Ma, Hong Kong actor (d. 2014)
 1944 - Jim Forrest, Scots fitbawer
 1947 - Tommy Hutchison, Scots fitbawer
 1951 - David Coverdale, Inglis rock sangster
 1953 - Ségolène Royal, French politeecian
 1958 - Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
 1959 - Saul Perlmutter, American astropheesicist
 1961 - Liam Fox, Scots politeecian
 1964 - John Clark, Scots fitbawer
 1970 - Emmanuel Petit, French fitbawer
 1972 - Marcus Campbell, Scots snooker player
 1976 - Ronaldo, Brazilian fitbawer
 1978 - Allan Jacobsen, Scots rugby union player
 1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian fitbawer
 1982 - Billie Piper, Inglis actress
 1983 - Andy Graham, Scots fitbawer
 1984 - Thiago Silva, Brazilian fitbawer
 1987 - Tom Felton, Inglis actor
 1989 - Sabine Lisicki, German tennis player

 Daiths 
 1520 - Selim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1465)
 1774 - Pape Clement XIV (b. 1705)
 1956 - Frederick Soddy, Inglis chemist (b. 1877)
 1989 - Irving Berlin, Roushie-American componer an sangwriter (b. 1888)
 2007 - Marcel Marceau, French mime airtist (b. 1923)
 2011 - Aristides Pereira, 1st Preses o Cape Verde (b. 1923)
 2015 - Yogi Berra, American basebaw player an coach (b. 1925)

 Halidays 
 Independence Day (Bulgarie, Mali)
 Northren Hairst an Soothren Ware Equinox in some years

Category:Days o the year