What is October 22?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[362]] &ndash; The [[temple]] of [[Apollo]] near [[Antioch]] is destroyed in a [[fire]]. * [[794]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kanmu]] relocates the [[Japan]]ese capital to Heiankyo ([[Kyoto]]). * [[1383]] &ndash; A time of [[civil war]] began in [[Portugal]] when [[Fernando I of Portugal|King Fernando]] dies without a male [[Heir apparent|heir]] to the [[throne]]. * [[1575]] &ndash; Founding of [[Aguascalientes]], [[Mexico]]. * [[1633]] &ndash; [[Battle of Southern Fujian Sea]]: The [[Ming Dynasty]] defeats the [[Dutch East India Company]]. * [[1707]] &ndash; Scilly naval disaster: Four British [[Royal Navy]] [[ship]]s run aground near the [[Isles of Scilly]], off [[Cornwall]], [[England]], because of faulty navigation. Over 1,600 sailors drown. * [[1740]] &ndash; End of a two–week massacre of ethnic [[China|Chinese]] people in Batavia (present–day [[Jakarta]]) in present–day [[Indonesia]] (then the Dutch East Indies). * [[1746]] &ndash; The College of New Jersey (later renamed [[Princeton University]]) is created. * [[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the [[Delaware River]] repulse repeated [[Hesse|Hessian]] attacks in the [[Battle of Red Bank]]. * [[1784]] &ndash; [[Russia]] founds a colony on [[Kodiak Island]], [[Alaska]]. * [[1797]] &ndash; One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above [[Paris]], [[Andre-Jacques Garnerin]] makes the first recorded [[parachute]] jump. * [[1836]] &ndash; [[Sam Houston]] is becomes the first [[President]] of the [[Republic of Texas]]. * [[1844]] &ndash; The Great Anticipation: The [[Millerites]], followers of [[William Miller (preacher)|William Miller]], expect the end of the [[World]] to occur on this date. The following day is referred to as the 'Great Disappointment'. * [[1859]] &ndash; [[Spain]] declares [[war]] on [[Morocco]]. * [[1875]] &ndash; First [[telegraph]]ic connection in [[Argentina]]. * [[1877]] &ndash; A mining disaster in [[Blantyre]], [[South Lanarkshire]], [[Scotland]],