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Acontecimientos
- 896Pope Formosus crowns Arnulf of Carinthia as Emperor in Rome. Arnulf suffers a stroke soon after and retreats from Italy.
- 1076Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1288The Franciscan Girolamo Maschi is elected pope, choosing the name Nicholas IV.
- 1316The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.
- 1371Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.
- 1495King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.
- 1632Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.
- 1651St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.
- 1744War of the Austrian Succession: The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed, and the Articles of War to be amended.
- 1770British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in North End, Boston, fatally wounding 11-year-old Christopher Seider; the first American fatality of the American Revolution.
- 1797The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
- 1819By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
- 1847Mexican–American War: The Battle of Buena Vista: Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.
- 1848The French Revolution of 1848, which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic, begins.
- 1856The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.
- 1862American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
- 1872The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
- 1879In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
- 1881Cleopatra's Needle, a 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian obelisk is erected in Central Park, New York.
- 1889President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
- 1899Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
- 1904The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
- 1909The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by , return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
- 1921After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
- 1942World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
- 1943World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany.
- 1943Yankee Clipper crashes while landing on the Tagus in Lisbon, killing 24.
- 1944World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
- 1944World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.
- 1946The "Long Telegram", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.
- 1957Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
- 1958Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
- 1959Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
- 1972The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.
- 1973Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.
- 1974The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
- 1974Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but commits suicide after being wounded by police.
- 1979Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1980Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.
- 1983The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
- 1986Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
- 1994Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
- 1995The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
- 1997In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
- 2002Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.
- 2005The 6.4 Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
- 2006At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war.
- 2006The Securitas depot robbery was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
- 2011New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, kills 185 people.
- 2011Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
- 2012A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.
- 2014President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.
- 2015A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
- 2018A man throws a grenade at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica, Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.
- 2022Twosday, the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs.
Nacimientos
- 1040Rashi, French rabbi and author (died 1105)
- 1403Charles VII of France (died 1461)
- 1440Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian King (died 1457)
- 1500Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (died 1564)
- 1514Tahmasp I, Iranian shah (died 1576)
- 1520Moses Isserles, Polish rabbi (died 1572)
- 1550Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg (died 1616)
- 1592Nicholas Ferrar, English scholar (died 1637)
- 1631Peder Syv, Danish historian (died 1702)
- 1649Bon Boullogne, French painter (died 1717)
- 1715Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French artist (died 1790)
- 1732George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (died 1799)
- 1749Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist and theorist (died 1818)
- 1778Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (died 1860)
- 1788Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author (died 1860)
- 1796Alexis Bachelot, French priest and missionary (died 1837)
- 1796Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist (died 1874)
- 1805Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter (died 1848)
- 1806Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher (died 1875)
- 1817Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, German mathematician and academic (died 1880)
- 1819James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (died 1891)
- 1824Pierre Janssen, French astronomer and mathematician (died 1907)
- 1825Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop (died 1898) fecha discutida
- 1836Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar and academic (died 1906)
- 1840August Bebel, German theorist and politician (died 1913)
- 1849Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1915)
- 1857Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association (died 1941)
- 1857Heinrich Hertz, German physicist, philosopher, and academic (died 1894)
- 1860Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (died 1939)
- 1861Lewis Akeley, American academic (died 1961)
- 1863Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (died 1943)
- 1864Jules Renard, French author and playwright (died 1910)
- 1874Bill Klem, American baseball player and umpire (died 1951)
- 1876Zitkala-Sa, American author and activist (died 1938)
- 1879Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist and academic (died 1947)
- 1880Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (died 1930)
- 1881Joseph B. Ely, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1956)
- 1881Albin Prepeluh, Slovenian journalist and politician (died 1937)
- 1882Eric Gill, English sculptor and illustrator (died 1940)
- 1883Marguerite Clark, American actress (died 1940)
- 1886Hugo Ball, German author and poet (died 1927)
- 1887Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player (died 1956)
- 1887Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer (died 1933) las demás fuentes: 22 feb 1885
- 1888Owen Brewster, American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (died 1961)
- 1889Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, first World Chief Guide (died 1977)
- 1889R. G. Collingwood, English historian and philosopher (died 1943)
- 1891Vlas Chubar, Russian economist and politician (died 1939) juliano y gregoriano
- 1892Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (died 1950)
- 1895Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician (died 1979)
- 1897Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (died 1947)
- 1899George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (died 1966)
- 1900Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer (died 1983)
- 1903Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (died 1990)
- 1903Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1930)
- 1906Constance Stokes, Australian painter (died 1991)
- 1907Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (died 1997)
- 1907Robert Young, American actor (died 1998)
- 1908Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela (died 1981)
- 1908John Mills, English actor (died 2005)
- 1910George Hunt, English footballer (died 1996)
- 1914Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
- 1918Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (died 2014)
- 1918Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history (died 1940)
- 1921Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (died 1996)
- 1921Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (died 1994)
- 1921Marshall Teague, American race car driver (died 1959) las demás fuentes: 22 feb 1922
- 1922Zenaida Manfugás, Cuban pianist (died 2012)
- 1922Joe Wilder, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 2014)
- 1923François Cavanna, French author and editor (died 2014)
- 1923Bleddyn Williams, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (died 2009)
- 1926Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (died 1988)
- 1927Florencio Campomanes, Filipino political scientist and chess player (died 2010)
- 1927Guy Mitchell, American singer (died 1999)
- 1928Clarence 13X, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Gods and Earths (died 1969)
- 1928Texas Johnny Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
- 1928Paul Dooley, American actor
- 1928Bruce Forsyth, English singer and television host (died 2017)
- 1928Thomas E. Kurtz, American computer scientist and educator (died 2024)
- 1929James Hong, American actor and director
- 1929Rebecca Schull, American stage, film, and television actress
- 1930Marni Nixon, American soprano and actress (died 2016)
- 1932Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2009)
- 1933Sheila Hancock, English actress and author
- 1933Katharine, Duchess of Kent (died 2025)
- 1933Bobby Smith, English footballer (died 2010)
- 1936J. Michael Bishop, American microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026)
- 1937Tommy Aaron, American golfer
- 1937Joanna Russ, American author and activist (died 2011)
- 1938Tony Macedo, Gibraltarian born English footballer
- 1938Ishmael Reed, American poet, novelist, essayist
- 1940Judy Cornwell, English actress
- 1941Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician, 52nd President of the Dominican Republic
- 1942Christine Keeler, English model and dancer (died 2017)
- 1943Terry Eagleton, English philosopher and critic
- 1943Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (died 2025)
- 1943Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player (died 2024)
- 1943Tom Van Arsdale, American basketball player
- 1943Otoya Yamaguchi, Japanese assassin of Inejiro Asanuma (died 1960)
- 1944Jonathan Demme, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)
- 1944Mick Green, English guitarist (died 2010)
- 1944Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (died 2003)
- 1944Christopher Meyer, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (died 2022)
- 1944Tom Okker, Dutch tennis player and painter
- 1945Oliver, American pop singer (died 2000)
- 1946Nagima Aitkhozhina, Kazakh biologist (died 2020)
- 1946Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (died 2014)
- 1947Pirjo Honkasalo, Finnish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
- 1947Frank Van Dun, Belgian philosopher and theorist
- 1948John Ashton, American actor (died 2024)
- 1948Dennis Awtrey, American basketball player
- 1949John Duncan, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2022)
- 1949Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver (died 2019)
- 1949Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach
- 1950Julius Erving, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1950Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer-songwriter
- 1950Miou-Miou, French actress
- 1950Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter (died 2020)
- 1950Julie Walters, English actress and author
- 1951Ellen Greene, American singer and actress
- 1952Bill Frist, American physician and politician
- 1952Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (died 2020)
- 1952Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (died 2020)
- 1953Nigel Planer, English actor and screenwriter
- 1955David Axelrod, American journalist and political adviser
- 1955Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1957Willie Smits, Dutch microbiologist and engineer
- 1958Richard Greenberg, American playwright and television writer (died 2025)
- 1959Jiří Čunek, Czech politician
- 1959Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
- 1959Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (died 2006)
- 1959Harry Leary, American BMX racer (died 2024)
- 1960Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- 1961Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1962Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (died 2006)
- 1963Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
- 1963Devon Malcolm, Jamaican-English cricketer
- 1963Vijay Singh, Fijian-American golfer
- 1964Andy Gray, English footballer and manager
- 1965Chris Dudley, American basketball player
- 1965Kieren Fallon, Irish jockey
- 1965Pat LaFontaine, American ice hockey player
- 1966Rachel Dratch, American actress and comedian
- 1967Paul Lieberstein, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
- 1967Psicosis II, Mexican wrestler
- 1968Shawn Graham, Canadian politician, 31st Premier of New Brunswick
- 1968Jeri Ryan, American model and actress
- 1968Kazuhiro Sasaki, Japanese baseball player
- 1968Jayson Williams, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1969Thomas Jane, American actor
- 1969Clinton Kelly, American TV personality and author
- 1969Brian Laudrup, Danish footballer and sportscaster
- 1969Marc Wilmots, Belgian footballer and manager
- 1971Lea Salonga, Filipino actress and singer
- 1972Michael Chang, American tennis player and coach
- 1972Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater
- 1972Haim Revivo, Israeli footballer
- 1972Ben Sasse, American politician and college administrator
- 1973Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (died 2013)
- 1973Juninho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
- 1973Scott Phillips, American musician and songwriter
- 1974James Blunt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1975Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1977Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer
- 1979Brett Emerton, Australian footballer
- 1979Lee Na-young, South Korean actress
- 1980Jeanette Biedermann, German singer-songwriter and actress
- 1983Brian Duensing, American baseball player
- 1983Clint McKay, Australian cricketer
- 1983Iliza Shlesinger, American stand-up comedian, actress and television host
- 1983Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer
- 1984Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby player
- 1984Branislav Ivanović, Serbian footballer
- 1985Hamer Bouazza, Algerian footballer
- 1985Georgios Printezis, Greek basketball player
- 1985Zach Roerig, American actor
- 1986Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
- 1987Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model
- 1987Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer
- 1988Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter
- 1989Franco Vázquez, Argentine footballer
- 1991Khalil Mack, American football player
- 1992Dixon Machado, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1994Nam Joo-hyuk, South Korean model and actor
- 1994Elfrid Payton, American basketball player
- 1995Devonte' Graham, American basketball player
- 1996Kia Nurse, Canadian basketball player
- 1997Jerome Robinson, American basketball player
- 1997Ilya Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1999Harry Brook, English cricketer
Fallecimientos
- 556Maximianus, Bishop of Ravenna (born 499)
- 606Sabinian, Pope of the Catholic Church
- 793Sicga, Anglo-Saxon nobleman and regicide
- 845Wang, Chinese Empress dowager
- 954Guo Wei, Chinese Emperor (born 904)
- 965Otto, Duke of Burgundy (born 944) fecha discutida
- 970García I, King of Pamplona
- 978Lambert, Count of Chalon (born 930)
- 1071Arnulf III, Count of Flanders
- 1072Peter Damian, Italian cardinal
- 1079John of Fécamp, Italian Benedictine abbot las demás fuentes: 22 feb 1078
- 1111Roger Borsa, King of Sicily (born 1078)
- 1297Margaret of Cortona, Italian penitent (born 1247)
- 1371David II, King of Scotland (born 1324)
- 1452William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (born 1425)
- 1500Gerhard VI, German nobleman (born 1430)
- 1511Henry, Duke of Cornwall (born 1511)
- 1512Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer (born 1454)
- 1627Olivier van Noort, Dutch explorer (born 1558)
- 1674Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (born 1595)
- 1680La Voisin, French occultist (born 1640)
- 1690Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (born 1619) juliano y gregoriano
- 1731Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (born 1638)
- 1732Francis Atterbury, English bishop (born 1663)
- 1770Christopher Seider, first American killed in the American Revolution (born 1758)
- 1799Heshen, Chinese politician (born 1750)
- 1816Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philosopher (born 1723)
- 1875Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (born 1796)
- 1875Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist (born 1797)
- 1888Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (born 1846)
- 1890John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1822)
- 1890Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (born 1834)
- 1897Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (born 1824)
- 1898Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (born 1820)
- 1903Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (born 1860)
- 1904Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (born 1832)
- 1913Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (born 1857)
- 1913Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (born 1873)
- 1923Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1852)
- 1932Harriet Converse Moody, American businesswoman and arts patron (born 1857)
- 1939Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (born 1875)
- 1942Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (born 1881)
- 1943Christoph Probst, German activist (born 1919)
- 1943Hans Scholl, German activist (born 1918)
- 1943Sophie Scholl, German activist (born 1921)
- 1944Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (born 1869)
- 1944Fritz Schmenkel, anti-Nazi German who joined Soviet partisans (born 1916)
- 1945Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (born 1888)
- 1958Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (born 1888)
- 1960Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (born 1905)
- 1961Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (born 1889)
- 1965Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (born 1882)
- 1971Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (born 1883)
- 1973Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (born 1916)
- 1973Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author (born 1899)
- 1973Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (born 1900)
- 1973Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (born 1912)
- 1976Angela Baddeley, English actress (born 1904)
- 1976Florence Ballard, American singer (born 1943)
- 1980Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter, poet and playwright (born 1886)
- 1982Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (born 1898)
- 1983Adrian Boult, English conductor (born 1889)
- 1983Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (born 1913)
- 1985Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1913)
- 1985Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1889)
- 1986John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (born 1955)
- 1987David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (born 1920)
- 1987Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (born 1928)
- 1992Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (born 1906)
- 1994Papa John Creach, American violinist (born 1917)
- 1995Ed Flanders, American actor (born 1934)
- 1997Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (born 1907)
- 1998Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (born 1910)
- 1999William Bronk, American poet and academic (born 1918)
- 1999Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (born 1964)
- 2002Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)
- 2002Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (born 1934)
- 2004Andy Seminick, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1920)
- 2005Lee Eun-ju, South Korean actress and singer (born 1980)
- 2005Simone Simon, French actress (born 1910)
- 2006S. Rajaratnam, Singaporean politician, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (born 1915)
- 2007George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English politician, Leader of the House of Lords (born 1918)
- 2007Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (born 1954)
- 2012Sukhbir, Indian author and poet (born 1925)
- 2012Frank Carson, Irish-English comedian and actor (born 1926)
- 2012Marie Colvin, American journalist (born 1956)
- 2012Rémi Ochlik, French photographer and journalist (born 1983)
- 2013Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (born 1938)
- 2013Jean-Louis Michon, French-Swiss scholar and translator (born 1924)
- 2013Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (born 1923)
- 2014Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand–Australian television host (born 1966)
- 2014Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (born 1940)
- 2014Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (born 1915)
- 2015Chris Rainbow, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (born 1946)
- 2019Brody Stevens, American comedian and actor (born 1970)
- 2019Morgan Woodward, American actor (born 1925)
- 2021Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, painter (born 1919)
- 2024John Lowe, English musician, pianist for The Quarrymen (born 1942)
- 2026Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (born 1966)
Celebraciones
- Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance:
- Founder's Day or "B.-P. day" (World Organization of the Scout Movement)
- World Thinking Day (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)
- Crime Victims Day (Europe)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom in 1979.
- Founding Day (Saudi Arabia)
- Washington's Birthday, federal holiday in the United States. A holiday on February 22 as well as the third Monday in February.
- National Cat Day (Japan)
Santoral
- Baradates
- Blessed Émilie d'Oultremont
- Eric Liddell (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter (Roman Catholic Church)
- Margaret of Cortona
- Papias of Hierapolis
- February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)