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2022 (MMXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.
The United Nations declared 2022 as the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture,[1] International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development,[2] International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development,[3] and the International Year of Glass.[4]
Events
January
- January 1 – The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the largest free trade area in the world, comes into effect for Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.[5]
- January 2
- Abdalla Hamdok resigns as Prime Minister of Sudan amid deadly protests.[6]
- The 2022 Kazakh unrest commences due to high oil prices.[7]
- January 4 – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States—all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council—issue a rare joint statement affirming that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought."[8]
- January 5 – A nationwide state of emergency is declared in Kazakhstan in response to the 2022 Kazakh unrest. The cabinet of prime minister Askar Mamin resigns, while president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev removes former president Nursultan Nazarbayev, widely regarded as being the real power in the country, from his position as Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan.[9][10][11]
- January 6 – The CSTO deploys a peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan, including Russian paratroopers, following a request by Kazakh president Tokayev.[12]
- January 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: The number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 300 million worldwide.[13]
- January 9 – February 6 – The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations is being held in Cameroon.[14]
- January 10 – The first successful heart transplant from a pig to a human patient is reported.[15][16]
- January 15 – A large eruption of Hunga Tonga, a submarine volcano in Tonga, triggers tsunami warnings in Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, and the United States.[17]
- January 16 – World No. 1 tennis champion Novak Djokovic is deported from Australia following a high-profile legal case regarding his COVID-19 vaccination status, preventing his participation in the 2022 Australian Open.[18][19][20]
- January 18 – American company Microsoft announces its intent to purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The deal is the largest acquisition of a tech company in history.[21]
- January 19 – 2022 Barbadian general election: The Barbados Labour Party wins all 30 seats in the House of Assembly of Barbados for the second consecutive time.[22]
- January 23
- Tropical Storm Ana kills 70 people in Madagascar, Malawi, and Mozambique, days after a series of floods killed 11 people in Madagascar.[23][24]
- January 24 – 2022 Italian presidential election.[25]
Predicted and scheduled events
- January 30 – 2022 Portuguese legislative election: All 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic are up for election.[26][27]
- February 4 – February 20 – 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, making it the first city ever to host both the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics.[28]
- February 6 – Providing she survives to this date, Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee on this date, marking 70 years on the throne.[29]
- March – Run 3 of CERN's Large Hadron Collider will commence.[30]
- March 9 – 2022 South Korean presidential election.[31]
- March 27 – 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election.[32]
- March 31 – The 2020 World Expo in Dubai will close after a 6-month run; originally scheduled for 10 April 2021 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33]
- April 3
- 2022 Serbian general election: The office of the president and all 250 seats in the National Assembly are up for election.[34][35]
- The 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election is scheduled to be held.[36]
- April 10 – 2022 French presidential election.[37]
- May 9 – 2022 Philippine general election: The offices of the president, half of the Senate, all seats in the House of Representatives, and numerous seats within provincial and local legislatures are up for election.[38]
- May 10–14 – Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.[39]
- May 28 – The 2021–22 UEFA Champions League final will be played at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- May 29 – 2022 Colombian presidential election.[40]
- July 4 – If the definitive proposal for a new Constitution still isn't voted before, the Constitutional Convention in Chile will have to vote the draft on this date, and it will be subsequently dissolved, given the one-year deadline established by law.
- July 6 – July 31 – UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England.[41]
- July 7 – July 17 – 2022 World Games.[42]
- July 28 – August 8 – 2022 Commonwealth Games[43]
- August 26 – September 15 – ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is scheduled to be launched.[44]
- September 11 – 2022 Swedish general election: All 349 seats of the Riksdag are up for election.[45]
- October 2 – 2022 Brazilian general election: The offices of the president and vice president, one third of the Senate, the entire Chamber of Deputies, and numerous state legislatures and governorships are up for election.[46]
- November 8 – The 2022 U.S. elections will select the 118th Congress. Known as midterm elections, all 435 voting seats and 6 non-voting seats in the House of Representatives, roughly one third of the seats in the Senate, and numerous state legislatures and governorships are up for election.[47]
- November 21 – December 18 – 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, to avoid both the summer heat between May and September and clashing with the 2022 Winter Olympics.[48]
- December 15 – Providing a general election is not called beforehand, Leo Varadkar will succeed Micheál Martin as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland, as part of a rotation agreement made in 2020.[49]
Date unknown
- The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party will commence. Incumbent General Secretary Xi Jinping is widely believed to be re-elected as general secretary.[50][51]
- The first component of the Lunar Gateway, a proposed inhabitable space station to be implemented by multiple international space agencies in lunar orbit, is set to be delivered by an undetermined commercial launch vehicle.[52]
- Planned launch of the unmanned Euclid spaceprobe to study dark energy.[53]
- Germany plans to phase out the last of its nuclear power plants.[54]
- The 20th SAARC summit is scheduled to be held in Pakistan.
- 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann will possibly cause a meteor shower.[55]
- India plans to launch its first crewed space flight by this year.[56]
- Chuuk State will hold an independence referendum in the Federated States of Micronesia.[57]
- The New Horizons probe will complete its study of the Kuiper belt.[58]
- India is expected to surpass China as the most populous country in the world.[58]
- The Indian Space Research Organization plans to launch the Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission sometime this year.[59]
- The first light of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is anticipated to occur in 2022 with full science operations beginning a year later.[60][61][62]
- The 2022 Asia Cup is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka.[63]
- The 2022 Australian federal election is scheduled to take place no later than 21 May 2022.
Deaths
January
- January 2
- Eric Walter Elst, Belgian astronomer (b. 1936)[64]
- Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist (b. 1944)[65]
- January 3
- Beatrice Mintz, American embryologist (b. 1921)[66]
- Viktor Saneyev, Soviet and Georgian triple jumper and Olympic champion (b. 1945)[67]
- January 6
- Peter Bogdanovich, American film director (b. 1939)[68]
- F. Sionil José, Filipino writer (b. 1924)[69]
- Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, activist and ambassador (b. 1927)[70]
- January 9 - Toshiki Kaifu, 76th and 77th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1931)[71][72]
- January 11
- Anatoly Alyabyev, Soviet and Russian athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1951)[73]
- David Sassoli, 16th President of the European Parliament (b. 1956)[74]
- Ernest Shonekan, 9th Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1936)[75]
- January 12 – Ronnie Spector, American singer (b. 1943)[76]
- January 13 – Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director (b. 1946)[77]
- January 14 – Ricardo Bofill, Spanish architect (b. 1939)[78]
- January 16 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, 5th President and 6th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1945)[79]
- January 18
- Sir David Cox, English statistician (b. 1924)[80]
- Paco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1933)[81]
- André Leon Talley, American fashion journalist and stylist (b. 1948)[82]
- January 19 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (b. 1984)[83]
- January 20
- Heidi Biebl, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1941)[84]
- Meat Loaf, American singer and actor (b. 1947)[85]
- Elza Soares, Brazilian singer (b. 1930)[86]
- January 22 – Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist (b. 1926)[87]
- January 23
- Keto Losaberidze, Georgian archer and Olympic champion (b. 1949)[88]
- Thierry Mugler, French fashion designer (b. 1948)[89]
- January 24 – Szilveszter Csollány, Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion (b. 1970)[90]
- January 25 – Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1946)[91]
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- ^ Belgian astronomer Eric Elst, responsible for the discovery of 3,760 asteroids, dies
- ^ Message of Condolence from H.E Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta following the death of former Head of Public Service Dr Richard Leakey
- ^ Beatrice Mintz (1921–2022)
- ^ Viktor Saneyev, three-time Olympic triple jump champion, dies at 76
- ^ Peter Bogdanovich, Oscar-Nominated Director and Champion of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Dies at 82
- ^ National Artist F Sionil Jose dies at 97
- ^ Sir Sidney Poitier dead: Oscar-winning Hollywood star tragically dies as tributes pour in
- ^ Ex-Japan PM Kaifu dies at 91
- ^ Toshiki Kaifu The 76th and 77th Prime Minister
- ^ Скончался двукратный олимпийский чемпион по биатлону Алябьев (in Russian)
- ^ European Parliament President David Sassoli dies after hospitalization
- ^ Former Nigerian leader Ernest Shonekan dies at 85
- ^ ’60s icon Ronnie Spector, who sang ‘Be My Baby,’ dies at 78
- ^ Jean-Jacques Beineix, le réalisateur de 37°2 le matin, est décédé (in French)
- ^ Muere Ricardo Bofill, el más cosmopolita de los arquitectos españoles (in Spanish)
- ^ Mali's ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dies, former minister says
- ^ Sir David Cox, 1924-2022
- ^ Muere Francisco Gento, leyenda del Real Madrid y único futbolista con 6 Copas de Europa (in Spanish)
- ^ Andre Leon Talley, Fashion Journalist and Former Editor-at-Large of Vogue, Dies at 73
- ^ French actor Gaspard Ulliel dies in skiing accident, aged 37
- ^ Trauer um Olympiasiegerin: Heidi Biebl ist tot (in German)
- ^ Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell singer dead at 74
- ^ Elza Soares morre aos 91 anos (in Portuguese)
- ^ Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen teacher who popularized mindfulness in the West, dies at 95
- ^ Умерла олимпийская чемпионка Кетеван Лосаберидзе (in Russian)
- ^ Famed Designer Manfried Thierry Mugler Has Died at 73
- ^ Szilveszter Csollany, Olympic gymnastics champion in 2000, dies after COVID infection
- ^ Former Celtic manager Wim Jansen dies aged 75