Did you know
The Upper Canada Rebellion occurred in December 1837, following a similar rebellion in Lower Canada the previous month.
November 22 in History
1837 — Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution
November 22 spans 36 recorded events across recorded history, from 498 to 2022. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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36 events
498 – 2022
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More major events on November 22
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- 1943 Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government. Source
- 1935 The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila. Source
- 1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Premiership. Source
Did you know
The rebellion was ultimately unsuccessful, and many of its leaders were forced to flee to the United States.
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William Lyon Mackenzie, a key figure in the rebellion, was a Canadian journalist and politician who served as the first mayor of Toronto.
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The rebellion led to the establishment of the Province of Canada in 1841, which united Upper and Lower Canada under a single government.
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The Durham Report, published in 1839, was a British government inquiry into the rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada, and it recommended the union of the two colonies.
498
After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
Head of the Catholic Church from 496 to 498
845
The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king Charles the Bald at the Battle of Ballon near Redon.
Cultural area in northwestern France
1210
The Castle of Termes falls to Simon de Montfort after a four-month siege during the Albigensian Crusade.
Ruined castle in Aude, France
1220
Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius III.
Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 to 1250
1307
Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
Head of the Catholic Church from 1305 to 1314
1574
Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
Spanish explorer and navigator in the Pacific (1536–1604)
1635
Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.
Colony in Taiwan (1624–1662, 1664–1668)
1718
Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina.
The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself.
1855
In Birmingham, England, Albert, Prince Consort lays the foundation stone of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.
City in the West Midlands, England
1873
The French steamer SS Ville du Havre sinks in 12 minutes after colliding with the Scottish iron clipper Loch Earn in the Atlantic, with a loss of 226 lives.
French steamship sunk in 1873
1908
The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
1908 national conference held to standardize the Albanian alphabet
1921
During The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922), 15 Irish Nationalists are killed in Belfast in one day.
Conflict in Northern Ireland
1935
The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
Pan American Airways Martin M-130 flying boat
1940
World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
1942
World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
Major World War II battle from 1942 to 1943
1943
World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
1943
Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.
Country in West Asia
1952
A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes into Mount Gannet, Alaska, killing all 52 aboard.
American heavy lift military aircraft with 4 piston engines, 1946
1955
The Soviet Union launches RDS-37, a 1.6 megaton two stage hydrogen bomb designed by Andrei Sakharov.
The bomb was dropped over Semipalatinsk.
1963
U.S.
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.
1963
Five Indian generals are killed in a helicopter crash, due to collision with two parallel lines of telegraph cables.
Helicopter Crash
1967
UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.
1967 resolution on withdrawal of Israel and recognition of boundaries
1968
Japan Air Lines Flight 2 accidentally ditches in San Francisco Bay while on approach to San Francisco International Airport.
No one is injured.
1971
In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains.
1971 Scottish mountaineering disaster
1975
Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco two days earlier.
King of Spain from 1975 to 2014
1987
The Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago.
1987 Chicago television hijacking incident
1989
NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-33, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.
American space and aeronautics agency
1990
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Premiership.
Head of government
1994
A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St.
Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight.
2003
Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident: Shortly after takeoff, a DHL Express cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land.
2003 attempted aircraft shootdown over Iraq
2004
The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
2004–2005 political protests in Ukraine
2010
During the Cambodian water festival, a stampede in Koh Pich, Phnom Penh, kills 347 people.
Cambodian holiday
2014
While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer.
Ethnic and cultural group in the United States
2022
A shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia leaves seven workers dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.
Mass shooting in Virginia, U.S.