February 2022: Events and Anniversaries Preview
31 January 2022
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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
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: 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
22 March: William I, German Emperor - 225th anniversary of his birth
22 March: Virginia Di Castiglione - 185th anniversary of her birth
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
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
21 April: Queen Elizabeth turns 96 years old
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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