What Happened in 2022
79 historical events, 0 notable births, and 31 notable deaths in 2022.
Major Events
January 2022
2022 — year
2022 FIFA World Cup — 22nd FIFA World Cup
2022 Winter Olympics — 24th edition of Winter Olympics, in Beijing, China
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 — 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
2021 Africa Cup of Nations — 2021 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations
2022 Kazakh unrest — series of protests in Kazakhstan that began on 2 January 2022 after an LPG price increase
Mahsa Amini protests — Iranian protest movement in 2022–2023
2022 Formula One World Championship — 73rd running of the Formula One World Championship
deaths in 2022 — list of notable deaths in 2022
2022–2023 mpox outbreak — outbreak of viral disease
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification — qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup
January 2022 — month of 2022
Billboard Music Awards — Billboard music award music show
2022 FIFA World Cup Group B — State of association football tournament
2022 FIFA World Cup Group A — group of the group stage at the Football World Cup 2022
2022 FIFA World Cup Group C — FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Points Table
2022 FIFA World Cup Group D — FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Points Table Group D
2022 FIFA World Cup Group F
2022 FIFA World Cup Group E — group stage group in the 2022 FIFA World Cup
2022 FIFA World Cup Group H — FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Points Table
2022 FIFA World Cup Group G — FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Points Table G
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) — series of association football matches
2022 in film — overview of film-related events during the year of 2022
Expo 2020 — World Expo in the United Arab Emirates
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) — 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying (CONMEBOL)
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) — international football competition
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) — Qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup for AFC members
2022 Commonwealth Games — multi-sport event in Birmingham, England
2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami — major volcanic eruption in Tonga that occurred on 15 January 2022
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) — 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying (CONCACAF)
ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics — ice hockey played during the 2022 Winter Olympics
Battle of Sievierodonetsk — military engagement during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
March 2022
Bucha massacre — 2022 killing of civilians in the Ukrainian city of Bucha by Russian military force
94th Academy Awards — award ceremony for films of 2021
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 — aircraft crash in the People's Republic of China on March 21, 2022
2022 Winter Paralympics — multi-parasport event in Beijing, China
March 2022 — month of 2022
July 2022
assassination of Shinzō Abe — 2022 killing of former Japanese prime minister
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 — 2022 edition of the UEFA Women's Championship
2022 World Athletics Championships — 2022 edition of the World Championships in Athletics
July 2022 — month of 2022
December 2022
2022 FIFA World Cup final — 2022 FIFA World Cup match
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 — 20th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest
September 2022
death of Elizabeth II — death of the monarch of the United Kingdom
death of Jina Mahsa Amini — death of Iranian Kurdish woman who was arrested and potentially abused by the Guidance Patrol of Iran
September 2022 — month of 2022
Operation London Bridge — plan of action following the death of Queen Elizabeth II
2022 Italian parliamentary election — General election
April 2022
2022 French presidential election — latest presidential election held in France
April 2022 — month of 2022
Kramatorsk railway station attack — missile strike against civilians in April 2022 in Ukraine
May 2022
Robb Elementary School shooting — 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, US
2022 UEFA Champions League Final — The final match of the 2021–22 edition of the UEFA Champions League
2022 Miami Grand Prix — Formula One motor race
May 2022 — month of 2022
October 2022
Itaewon Halloween crowd crush — 2022 crowd crush in South Korea
2022 Crimean Bridge explosion — explosion on the Crimean Bridge that occurred on 8 October 2022
2022 Morbi bridge collapse — bridge collapse in Gujarat, India
November 2022
Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — association football club in Belgium
Wikipedia Asian Month 2022 — article contest on Wikipedia
2022 Istanbul bombing — explosion in Istanbul, Turkey, on 13 November 2022
2022 missile explosion in Poland — 15 November 2022 incident during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022 Cianjur earthquake — 2022 earthquake centered in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia
February 2022
Snake Island campaign — battle in 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian warship, go fuck yourself — phrase of a Ukrainian soldier during the 2022 Battle of Snake Island, which spread as an Internet meme
Capture of Chernobyl — battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics — biathlon practiced at the 2022 Winter Olympics
alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics — alpine skiing practiced at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games
cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics — cross-country skiing practiced at the 2022 Winter Olympics
ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics — ski jumping events at the Olympics
February 2022 — month of 2022
figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics — 2022 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games
luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics — luge events at the Olympics
bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics — bobsleigh events at the Olympics
speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics — speed skating events at the Olympics
August 2022
2022 UEFA Super Cup — football match
August 2022 — month of 2022
June 2022
June 2022 — month of 2022
June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake — earthquake in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region