February 2022: Events and Anniversaries Preview

As we move into the second month of 2022 - did you know: February is named after the month-long Februa/Februalia festival of purification and atonement observed by the ancient Romans?

Welcome to your February preview tool, covering February to May, as well as featured stories and a list of significant dates in the year ahead. ​ Each date links to an album of imagery and brief text. 

The preview tool can also be found in our Newsroom at any time you'd like it.

Featured Stories:

Mercedes Gleitze - British endurance swimmer

2022: Hadrian's Wall - 1900th anniversary of the beginning of construction

 

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2022 full-year preview of significant events and anniversaries

Barbarossa: 900th anniversary of his birth

Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered- 75th anniversary

9 June: Peter the Great - 350th anniversary of his birth

17 June: Watergate scandal - 50th anniversary

25 June: Jacques Cousteau - 25th anniversary of his death

16 July: Roald Amundsen - 150th anniversary of his birth

28 July: Marcel Duchamp - 135th anniversary of his birth

2 August: Alexander Graham Bell - 100th anniversary of his death

15 August: Independence of India - 75th anniversary

31 August: Diana, Princess of Wales - 25th anniversary of her death

5 September: Mother Theresa - 25th anniversary of her death

5 - 6 September: Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics - 50th anniversary

6 September: Magellan's 'Victoria' circumnavigates the world - 500th anniversary

7 September: Independence of Brazil - 200th anniversary

10 September: Otto Haekel - 150th anniversary of his birth

12 October: Columbus reaches the Americas - 530th anniversary

16 October: Cuban Missile Crisis - 60th anniversary

18 October: The BBC turns 100 years old

2 November: Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb - 100th anniversary

27 December: Louis Pasteur - 200th anniversary of his birth

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February 2022

1 February: Chinese New Year: Year of the Tiger

1 February: LGBT History Month

2 February: James Joyce - 140th anniversary of his birth

6 February: King George VI - 70th anniversary of his death

6 February: Queen Elizabeth II - Platinum Jubilee

7 February: Charles Dickens - 210th anniversary of his birth

8 February: Mary Queen of Scots - 435th anniversary of her death

9 February: Princess Margaret - 20th anniversary of her death

11 February: Thomas Edison - 175th anniversary of his birth

12 February: ​ Darwin Day

14 February: St Valentine's Day

25 February: Abolition of Prussia - 75th anniversary

26 February: Johnny Cash - 90th anniversary of his birth

27 February: Elizabeth Taylor - 90th anniversary of her birth

28 February: Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence - 100th anniversary

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March 2022

c. March: Harriet Tubman - 200th anniversary of her birth (exact date in March unknown)

1 March: Women's History Month

1 March: Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras / Pancake Day

3 March: World Book Day

3 March: World Wildlife Day

3 March: Alexander Graham Bell - 175th anniversary of his birth

7 March: Piet Mondrian - 150th anniversary of his birth

8 March: International Women's Day

9 March: Carrie Chapman Catt - 75th anniversary of her death

10 March: Gandhi arrested for sedition - 100th anniversary

16 March: Rosa Bonheur - 200th anniversary of her birth

17 March: St Patrick's Day

18 March: Holi Festival

22 March: William I, German Emperor - 225th anniversary of his birth

22 March: Virginia Di Castiglione - 185th anniversary of her birth

22 March: World Water Day

25 March: Elton John - 75th birthday

31 March: Fritzi Massary - 140th anniversary of her birth

 

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April 2022

1 April: Charles I or Karl I, Emperor of Austria - 100th anniversary of his death

1 April: April Fool's Day

2 April: Ramadan begins (tentative date)

3 April: The founding of the Vienna Secession - 125th anniversary

3 April: Doris Day - 100th anniversary of her birth

10 April: Joseph Pulitzer - 175th anniversary of birth

15 April: Leonardo Da Vinci - 570th anniversary of his birth

15 April: RMS Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg the previous night - 110th anniversary

15 April: Passover begins

15 April: Good Friday

17 April: Easter Sunday

21 April: Queen Elizabeth turns 96 years old

22 April: Earth Day 2022

23 April: St George's Day

25 April: ANZAC Day

27 April: Ulysses S Grant - 200th anniversary of birth

 

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May 2022

1 May: May Day/International Worker's Day

4 May: Juan de Valdés Leal - 400th anniversary of his birth

6 May: Sack of Rome - 495th anniversary

12 May: Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth - 85th anniversary

13 May: Georges Braque - 140th anniversary of his birth

14 May: Thomas Gainsborough - 295th anniversary of his birth

18 May: Bertrand Russell - 150th anniversary of his birth

20 May: Amelia Earhart completes first solo transatlantic flight by a woman - 90th anniversary

20 May: Charles Lindbergh completes first solo transatlantic flight - 95th anniversary

28 May: Edward, Duke of Windsor - 50th anniversary of his death

30 May: Lincoln Memorial - 100th anniversary of its dedication


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