May 22 in History

77 events 192 – 2021

May 22 spans 77 recorded events across recorded history — from 192 – 2021. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah

2020 — Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 98 people

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In 2020, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 98 people. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.

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On 22 May 2020, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303, a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Lahore to Karachi, crashed while on approach to Jinnah International Airport Karachi, killing 97 out of the 99 people on board as well as an additional person on the ground. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

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The aircraft, an Airbus A320-214 with 91 passengers and 8 crew members on board, was on an unstable approach to Jinnah International Airport excessively high airspeed and altitude. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.

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The aircraft subsequently belly landed nearly half-way down the airport runway before the flight crew conducted a go-around. This shows how the event shaped policy and public communication in the same period.

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During the go-around, both engines started to fail due to damage sustained during the belly landing. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.


Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
2nd-century Chinese military general and warlord
Dong Zhuo, courtesy name Zhongying, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. At the end of the reign of the Eastern Han, Dong Zhuo was a general and powerful minister of the imperial government. Originally from Liang Province, Dong Zhuo seized control of the imperial capital Luoyang in 189 when it entered a state of turmoil following the death of Emperor Ling of Han and a massacre of the eunuch faction by the court officials.
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192
Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
Periodic comet
Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing every 72–80 years, though with the majority of recorded apparitions occurring after 75–77 years. It last appeared in the inner parts of the Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061. Officially designated 1P/Halley, it is also commonly called Comet Halley, or sometimes simply Halley.
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760
A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
Part of the Arab–Byzantine wars
The Sack of Damietta was a successful raid on the port city of Damietta on the Nile Delta by the Byzantine navy on 22–24 May 853. The city, whose garrison was absent at the time, was sacked and plundered, yielding not only many captives but also large quantities of weapons and supplies intended for the Arab Emirate of Crete. The Byzantine attack, which was repeated in the subsequent years, shocked the Abbasid authorities, and urgent measures were taken to refortify the coasts and strengthen the local fleet, beginning a revival of the Egyptian navy that culminated in the Tulunid and Fatimid periods.
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853
The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo.
Nizari Isma'ili military order (1090–1256)
The Order of Assassins was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islamic military order founded by Hasan-i Sabbah in 1090. Based out of the Nizari Isma'ili state, which comprised a network of mountain castles in Persia and Syria, they conducted several high-profile assassinations throughout the Levant during the Crusades. The Assassins held a strict subterfuge policy in the region and are believed to have killed hundreds of people who were deemed enemies of their state over the course of 200 years, including other Shias, as well as Sunnis and Christians alike.
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1176
King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet.
King of England from 1199 to 1216
John was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document considered a foundational milestone in English and later British constitutional history.
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1200
Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany in opposition to Conrad IV.
German nobleman and throne claimant (c. 1204 – 1247)
Henry Raspe was the Landgrave of Thuringia from 1231 until 1239 and again from 1241 until his death. In 1246, with the support of the Papacy, he was elected King of Germany in opposition to Conrad IV, but his contested reign lasted a mere nine months.
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1246
Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.
Serbian state (1217–1346)
The Kingdom of Serbia, also known by historical exonym Rascia, was a medieval Serbian kingdom in Southern Europe comprising most of what is today Serbia, Kosovo, and Montenegro, as well as southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, parts of coastal Croatia south of the Neretva river, Albania north of the Drin River, North Macedonia, and a small part of western Bulgaria.
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1254
Brussels massacre: An estimated 13 Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels, Belgium, in an anti-Semitic attack, for allegedly desecrating consecrated Host.
1370 killing of Jews in Brussels, present-day Belgium
The Brussels massacre was an anti-Semitic episode in Brussels in 1370 in connection with an alleged host desecration at the Brussels synagogue. In May 22, a number of Jews, variously given as six or about twenty, were executed or otherwise killed, while the rest of the small community was banished.
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1370
Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
Head of the Catholic Church from 1370 to 1378
Pope Gregory XI was head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1370 to his death, in March 1378. He was the seventh and last Avignon pope and the most recent French pope. In 1377, Gregory XI returned the papal court to Rome, ending nearly 70 years of papal residency in Avignon, in modern-day France. His death was swiftly followed by the Western Schism involving two Avignon-based antipopes.
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1377
Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
Series of civil wars in England (1455–1487)
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, and also the Cousins' War, were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487. The conflict was fought between supporters of the House of Lancaster and House of York, two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet. The conflict resulted in the end of Lancaster's male line in 1471, leaving the Tudor family to inherit, through the female line, the Lancaster claim to the throne. Conflict was largely brought to an end upon the union of the two houses through marriage, creating the Tudor dynasty that would subsequently rule England.
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1455
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What happened on May 22?

A featured event on this date is 2020: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 98 people. This page also lists 77 events from other years on the same day.

Why is May 22 remembered in history?

May 22 brings together events, births, and deaths across many eras, which makes it useful for seeing how one calendar date connects different historical turning points.

Who was born on May 22?

Notable birthdays on this date include Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Anthony Richardson, Enzo Barrenechea.

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Who died on May 22?

Notable deaths on this date include David Wilkie, Dervla Murphy, Denise Cronenberg.

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What happened on May 22 in history?

On May 22, one notable event in history was 2020: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 98 people..

This date currently highlights 77 recorded events on thisDay.info, spanning 192 – 2021.

DateMay 22
Featured year2020
LocationModel Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing
Events listed77

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