2022

2022 (MMXXII) is the current year, and is 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, the 22nd year of the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.

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In February, Russia invaded Ukraine. This led to international sanctions on Russia, more than 4 million Ukrainians to leave causing a refugee crisis and the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.

Events

January

On 2 January, Prime Minister of Sudan Abdalla Hamdok resigns because of deadly anti-military coup protests

On 5 January, mass protests begin in Kazakhstan causing the country's government to resign

On 8 January, a rockfall in Capitólio, Brazil kills ten people

On 15 January, an eruption of Hunga Tonga happens in Tonga, becoming the largest volcanic eruption of the 21st century

On 18 January, MEP from Malta Roberta Metsola is elected the President of the European Parliament

On 23 January, President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is arrested in a military coup d'état

On 27 January, former First Lady Xiomara Castro is inaugurated the 56th and first female President of Honduras

On 29 January, Sergio Mattarella is re-elected President of Italy

• 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.
  • Twelve people are killed and 13 others are injured during a stampede at a Hindu shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
• January 2
  • South Africa's Houses of Parliament in Cape Town is damaged by a major fire.
  • Protests begin in Kazakhstan because of a large increase in fuel prices.
  • Abdalla Hamdok resigns as Prime Minister of Sudan as anti-military coup protests in the country get deadly.
• January 3 – COVID-19 pandemic: The United States becomes the first country to pass one million daily infections, with a total of 1.08 million reported cases, mainly caused by the Omicron variant.
• January 4
  • A three-day-long series of massacres begin in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Over 200 people are killed and several villages torched.
  • China, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and France – all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – said a rare statement together saying that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought".
• January 5
  • In the United States, an apartment building fire in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania kills 12 people and injures two others.
  • Prime Minister Askar Mamin and his government resign because of large protests in Kazakhstan and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Alihan Smaiylov. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev fires former President Nursultan Nazarbayev as chairman of the country's security council.
• January 6 – Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier, who was the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, dies at aged 94.
• January 7
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The number of COVID-19 cases passes 300 million worldwide.
  • At least 22 tourists freeze to death in vehicles in Murree, Punjab, Pakistan.
• January 8 – A rock fall in Capitólio, Minas Gerais, Brazil kills at least 10 people and injures 32 others.
• January 9
  • In the United States, a fire in an apartment building in The Bronx, New York City kills at least 19 people and injures over 60 others.
  • The Africa Cup of Nations begins in Cameroon.
• January 10 – The first successful heart transplant from a pig to a human patient is reported in the United States. The patient was David Bennett Sr. from Baltimore, Maryland.
• January 11 – Italian MEP and President of the European Parliament David Sassoli dies in office at aged 65. MEP from Malta Roberta Metsola replaces him in an acting capacity.
• January 13 – A court in Germany rules that the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria have committed torture and mass murder. It convicts a former colonel, Anwar Raslan, to life in prison for crimes against humanity.
• January 14 – Margrethe II of Denmark celebrates her 50th anniversary as Queen of Denmark.
• January 14 –15 – Bandits kill over 50 people in Dankade, Kebbi State, Nigeria.
• January 15
  • A large eruption of Hunga Tonga, a submarine volcano in Tonga, causing tsunami warnings in Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, and the United States.
  • In the United States, a hostage crisis at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas ends with all hostages freed and the perpetrator, British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, shot dead.
• January 17
  • A 5.3 magnitude earthquake in Badghis Province of Afghanistan kills at least 26 people and injures five others.
  • A Houthi-led drone terrorist attack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates kills three civilians and injures six others.
• January 18
  • The Parliament of Indonesia votes to officially change the capital of Indonesia from Jakarta to Nusantara.
  • Microsoft announces its plans to buy the video game company Activision Blizzard, making Microsoft the third largest gaming company (behind Tencent and Sony).
  • MEP Roberta Metsola from Malta is elected by the European Parliament as the next Parliament President, becoming the first Maltese person, the youngest person at aged 43 and the first woman since 2002 to be elected to the position.
• January 19
  • Protests in support of Prime Minister of Montenegro Zdravko Krivokapić begin.
  • U.S. President Joe Biden warns that Russia will invade Ukraine as the Russo-Ukrainian War escalates.
  • Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley is re-elected in a landslide victory after the Labour Party wins every seat in the House Assembly.
• January 20
  • 19-year old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford becomes the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world.
  • The Battle of al-Hasakah begins as a prison riot to free members of the Islamic State in Al-Hasakah, Syria with possibly over 200 people killed.
  • An explosion near Bogoso, Ghana destroys 500 buildings, killing at least 17 people and injuring 59 others.
• January 21
  • China, Russia and Iran have been training for war in the Indian Ocean.
  • A Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a prison in Saada, Yemen kills at least 87 people and injured more than 200 others.
• January 22
  • Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh dies at aged 95.
  • A mass protest in Canada, mainly by truck drivers protesting against the country's COVID-19 vaccine mandate begins in Ottawa.
• January 23
  • Tropical Storm Ana kills 88 people in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique, days after a series of floods killed 11 people in Madagascar.
  • President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian resigns because of lack of presidential powers and is replaced by Alen Simonyan as Acting President.
  • President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is arrested and removed from power by soldiers during a military coup d'état led by Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in Ouagadougou.
• January 27 – Former First Lady Xiomara Castro is inaugurated as the 56th President of Honduras, becoming the country's first female president.
• January 28 – The number of COVID-19 vaccinations given worldwide passes 10 billion.
• January 29 – Sergio Mattarella is re-elected as President of Italy, becoming the country's second president to ever be re-elected.
• January 30
  • Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa is re-elected after the Socialist Party wins 117 seats in the Assembly of the Republic.
  • In tennis, Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty win their respective singles at the Australian Open.

February

On 4 February, the 2022 Winter Olympics begin in Beijing, China

On 6 February, Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 70 years on the British throne

On 14 February, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau uses the Emergencies Act to stop the convoy protests across the country

On 15 February, mudslides and floods in Petrópolis, Brazil kills over 220 people

On 21 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin officially recognizes Luhansk and Donetsk as independent from Ukraine.

On 24 February, President Vladimir Putin announces the Russian invasion of Ukraine

• February 1 – Six people are killed in an attempted coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau which fails to remove President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló from power.
• February 2 – CODECO kill over 60 people in a massacre at an IDP camp in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• February 3
  • Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi kills himself in a suicide bombing during a United States Military raid in Atme, Syria.
  • India becomes the third country to pass 500,000 deaths from COVID-19 after the United States and Brazil.
• February 4
  • The 2022 Winter Olympics begins in Beijing, China.
  • Zdravko Krivokapić is removed as Prime Minister of Montenegro in a motion of no confidence, however he will continue as acting Prime Minister until a replacement is elected.
• February 5 – Cyclone Batsirai kills a total of 13 people across Madagascar, South Africa, Mauritius, and Réunion two weeks after Tropical Storm Ana killed 115 people in the same region.
• February 6
  • Indian playback singer and composer Lata Mangeshkar dies of COVID-19 at aged 92.
  • Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Platinum Jubilee, becoming the first British monarch to reign for 70 years.
  • The Africa Cup of Nations ends, with Senegal winning their first championship.
• February 8
  • The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 400 million.
  • A state of emergency is declared following protests in Ottawa, Canada against the country's COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
• February 9 – The biggest breakthrough in fusion energy since 1997 is reported at the Joint European Torus in Oxford, United Kingdom with 59 megajoules created in over five seconds (11 megawatts of power), double than the last record.
• February 13
  • Frank-Walter Steinmeier is re-elected President of Germany in a landslide victory of 71% of the vote.
  • The Los Angeles Rams defeat the Cincinnati Bengals with 23–20 to win Super Bowl LVI.
• February 14
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces he will use Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history in order to stop the Freedom Convoy, a nationwide protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions.
  • In Europe, seven people are killed in Storm Eunice, with a windspeed of 122 miles per hour (196 km/h) is the highest ever recorded in the United Kingdom.
• February 15
  • Prince Andrew, Duke of York settles a U.S. civil sexual assault case with Virginia Giuffre.
  • At least 176 people are killed because of mudslides and floods in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• February 16
  • Cristina Calderón, the last living full-blooded Yahgan person, dies of COVID-19 at aged 93.
  • Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández is arrested on a drug trafficking warrant after the United States files for his extradition.
• February 20 – The 2022 Winter Olympics ends in Beijing, China with Norway winning a record number of 16 gold medals.
• February 21
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledges the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and begins to move troops into the region.
  • Over 100 billion financial documents relating to offshore investment connected to clients of Credit Suisse in Switzerland are leaked.
• February 22 – In response to Russia's actions in Ukraine, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is put on hold by Germany. In the United States, President Joe Biden places economic sanctions towards oligarchs and banks in Russia for the first time.
• February 24 – President Vladimir Putin announces the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• February 25
  • Russia is stripped of the Champions League final, scheduled for May 28, with UEFA moving the venue from Saint Petersburg to Paris.
  • An earthquake in West Sumatra, Indonesia kills 12 people with over 380 injured.
• February 26 – The European Union, the United States and their allies announce their support in removing Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system.
• February 27
  • President Vladimir Putin orders Russia's nuclear deterrent forces to be on "special alert", their highest level, in response to what he calls "aggressive statements" by NATO. The move is condemned by the US.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that the Ukrainian and Russian officials have agreed to meet, without conditions.
  • European nations announce a ban on Russian flights in their airspace.
  • In a referendum vote, Belarus votes to remove its non-nuclear status and to allow the country to host Russian forces permanently.
• February 28
  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the second part of its report on climate change saying that many impacts are now "irreversible".
  • The United Nations reports more than 500,000 refugees have left from Ukraine into nearby countries.
  • Football governing bodies FIFA and UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions.
  • Switzerland, Monaco, Singapore and South Korea place economic sanctions on Russia such as controlling exports and assets.
  • A Russian airstrike kills over 70 Ukrainian soldiers at a military base in Okhtyrka. The Russian offensive has been criticized for civilian deaths and the use of cluster bombs and thermobaric weapons which may be seen as war crimes.

March

On 2 March, Russia takes control of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, a major Black Sea port

On 3 March, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is attacked by Russia and catches on fire

On 3 March, former Mayor of Yerevan Vahagn Khachaturyan is elected the 5th President of Armenia

On 9 March, conservative prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol is elected the 13th President of South Korea

On 9 March, the wreckage of the Endurance which sank during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1915, is found in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica

On 11 March, Gabriel Boric is inaugurated as Chile's 36th President

On 16 March, an earthquake in Fukushima, Japan kills 4 people and injured over 190 people

On 18 March, the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge opens in Turkey, becoming the world's longest suspension bridge

• March 1
  • Belarus joins the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as its troops enter the Chernihiv region in the country's north.
  • World Athletics bans both Russia and Belarus from competing in all of its events.
  • In an emergency session, United Nations member states pass a resolution criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and calling for the quick withdrawal of its forces.
• March 2
  • Russia claims to have captured its first large city, the Black Sea port of Kherson, as fighting intensifies across many parts of Ukraine, including civilian areas.
  • The United Nations reports that over a million refugees have now fled from Ukraine to other countries.
  • The International Criminal Court begins an investigation into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine.
• March 3
  • The Echo of Moscow, the oldest independent Russian radio station, is closed because of their coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  • Former Yerevan Mayor Vahagn Khachaturyan is elected the 5th President of Armenia.
  • Russia attacks the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, the largest in Europe, which leads to a fire at the site. The fire was soon put out, but officials said the fallout could have been ten times larger than the Chernobyl disaster.
• March 4
  • The 2022 Winter Paralympics begin in Beijing, China, making it the first city to host both Summer Paralympics and Winter Paralympics.
  • Australian cricketer Shane Warne dies of a possible heart attack at his Ko Samui, Thailand home, aged 52.
  • Foreign news outlets including the BBC, CNN, and many others stop their reporting in Russia, after new legislation threatens 15-year jail terms for spreading "fake news".
  • An Afghan member of the Islamic State carries out an attack at a Shia mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He kills over 60 people and injures over 190 others.
• March 5
  • Russia announces a temporary ceasefire to allow civilians to leave the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha.
  • Visa and Mastercard, two of the world's largest payment processors, suspend their operations in Russia.
• March 6 – Vinnytsia International Airport is destroyed by Russian missiles, as President Zelenskyy calls for a no-fly zone to stop future attacks in Ukraine.
• March 7
  • Ukraine rejects a proposal by Moscow to open refugee passages, calling it "immoral" and "unacceptable", after the Russian defence ministry said refugees would only be allowed to reach Belarus or Russia.
  • The global death toll from COVID-19 passes 6 million.
• March 8
  • Opposition members of the National Assembly of Pakistan submit a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan.
  • Energy giant Shell promises to stop buying oil from Russia and to stop all current work in the country, which includes closing all service stations there.
  • The United States and United Kingdom announce a ban on Russian oil, while the European Union announces a two-thirds reduction in its demand for Russian natural gas.
  • Major global brands including McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Starbucks stop sales in Russia, in response to its attacks on Ukraine.
• March 9
  • Conservative prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol is elected the 13th President of South Korea, beating liberal former Gyeonggi Province Governor Lee Jae-myung.
  • The wreck of the Endurance, the ship sunk during Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, is found 107 years later in Antarctica in "good condition".
  • Russia launches an air strike in Mariupol that destroys a hospital including a maternity and children's ward.
• March 11
  • Gabriel Boric is sworn in as President of Chile, becoming the youngest head of state in the nation's history and the first to be born during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
  • Russian air forces widen their attack to include Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk, two cities in the country's west, as well as Dnipro in the east.
• March 12 – Serdar Berdimuhamedow is elected the 3rd President of Turkmenistan by 73% of the vote, replacing his father Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.
• March 13
  • The Power of the Dog wins the BAFTA Award for Best Film and Best Direction for Jane Campion.
  • 30 Russian missiles hit the Yavoriv military base, used for NATO training and close to the border with Poland, killing 35 and injuring 134 others.
• March 15 – Russia announces new sanctions on several U.S officials, banning U.S. President Joe Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and others from entering the country; Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is also banned.
• March 16 – ​A 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes off Fukushima, Japan, killing at least 4 and injuring at least 194.
• March 17 – Cyclone Gombe, killed at least 53 people and injured 82 others, in Mozambique. Seven people died in Malawi and two died in Madagascar from the storm.
• March 18 – The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, the first bridge over the Dardanelles and the world's longest suspension bridge, opens in Turkey.
• March 21 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashes in Guangxi, China, killing all 133 people on board.
• March 23
  • American mathematician Dennis Sullivan wins the Abel Prize for his work in topology.
  • 50 people are killed in a series of attacks by al-Shabaab in Mogadishu and Beledweyne, Somalia.
• March 24 – NATO announces that four new battlegroups totalling 40,000 troops will be sent to Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, along with enhanced readiness for potential chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.
• March 25 – Russia announces that the first phase of its military invasion of Ukraine is almost complete, saying the country will focus on the "liberation" of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
• March 26 – Prime Minister Robert Abela is re-elected after his party wins 38 out of 65 seats in the House of Representatives of Malta.
• March 27 – CODA wins the Academy Award for Best Picture, Dune wins awards in six categories, Troy Kotsur, Jessica Chastain, Will Smith and Ariana DeBose win awards for acting at the 94th Academy Awards.
• March 29
  • Massive protests begin in Peru caused by the country's rising inflation, disapproval of President Pedro Castillo and failure to impeach Castillo a second time.
  • Russia's deputy defense minister says that Moscow has decided to "cut back" military activity near Kyiv and Chernihiv to increase mutual trust for future negotiations to agree and sign a peace deal with Ukraine".
• March 30
  • Earendel, the farthest known star, is discovered 12.9 billion light-years away from Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • In computing, Jack Dongarra won the Turing Award for his works towards supercomputing.
• March 31 – Expo 2020 closes in Dubai after a 6-month run; originally scheduled for April 10, 2021, it was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

April

On 3 April, pictures from the Bucha massacre caused by Russia are released causing many countries calling the massacre a war crime

On 3 April, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán is re-elected in a landslide victory

On 8 April, Russia attacks a train station in Ukraine with missiles that kills over 50 civilians

On 11 April, Shehbaz Sharif is elected Prime Minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly, replacing Imran Khan

On 14 April, the Russian cruiser Moskva is sunk by Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea

On 24 April, French President Emmanuel Macron is re-elected

On 25 April, Twitter accepts Elon Musk's offer to buy the company for USD $44 billion

• April 1 – Eight people are killed and eighteen others injured in a methane leak in a mine near Sokobanja, Serbia.
• April 2 – Russia announces that it will not work with Western countries on the International Space Station until the "full and unconditional removal of illegal sanctions".
• April 3
  • A mass shooting, caused by a gang fight between the Bloods and Crips, in Sacramento, California in the United States kills six people and injures 12 others.
  • As Russia's forces retreat from areas near Kyiv, it is accused by Ukraine of war crimes because of civilian killings such as for committing the Bucha massacre. U.S. President Joe Biden called for Putin to be tried for war crimes.
  • ​In Pakistan, President Arif Alvi dissolves the National Assembly on Prime Minister Imran Khan's advice, after a no-confidence motion fails.
  • President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić is re-elected in a landslide victory.
  • Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán is re-elected in a landslide victory as the Fidesz–KDNP party alliance wins 135 out of 199 seats in the National Assembly of Hungary. Katalin Novák is elected as the country's first female president.
  • Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves Robles is elected President of Costa Rica winning 53% of the vote against former President José María Figueres.
• April 4 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the third and final part of its report on climate change, warning that greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 at the latest and decline 43% by 2030, in order to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F).
• April 5 – A week after massive protests began in Peru, five people have been killed with President Pedro Castillo declaring a state of emergency.
• April 6 – The first known dinosaur fossil linked to the very day of the Chicxulub impact is reported by paleontologists.
• April 7
  • Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi resigns as President of Yemen and is replaced by Rashad al-Alimi to focus on peace talks between Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
  • The Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Imran Khan's move to call of early elections was illegal, meaning Khan would face a motion of no confidence by the National Assembly.
  • The United Nations votes by 93–24 to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, with 58 countries not voting.
  • HD1, the most distant galaxy candidate to date, is discovered 13.5 billion light-years away from Earth by the University of Tokyo.
• April 8
  • Russia is condemned by world leaders following a missile attack on a train station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, which kills dozens of civilians trying to evacuate, including children.
  • Global food prices increase to their highest level since 1990, with commodities such as wheat rising by nearly 20% as a result of the Ukraine crisis.
  • Flooding across KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, leaves over 300 people dead.
• April 10
  • In a mass shooting, armed bandits in Plateau State, Nigeria kill over 150 people and kidnap 70 others.
  • Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is removed from office after a motion of no confidence passes in the National Assembly, becoming the first prime minister in Pakistan to be removed from office by a vote of no confidence. Opposition Leader Shehbaz Sharif is elected by the National Assembly the next day as the country's 23rd prime minister.
  • The first round of the French presidential election is held with President Emmanuel Macron and National Assembly Marine Le Pen advancing to the run-off.
• April 13
  • The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 500 million worldwide.
  • The Russian flagship cruiser Moskva, the largest naval vessel to be sunk since the end of World War II, sinks after an explosion off the Ukrainian coast.
• April 19
  • Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announces that Russia's military invasion has entered a new phase, focused on the entire front line of Eastern Ukraine with the city of Kreminna is reportedly the first to be captured.
  • Former President of East Timor and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta is elected president in a landslide victory winning 62% of the vote against incumbent President Francisco Guterres.
  • Kane Tanaka, supercentenarian who was Japan's oldest verified person ever and the world's second oldest verified person ever, dies at aged 119.
• April 20
  • Russian and Belarusian players are banned from the Wimbledon Tennis Championship.
  • A European Southern Observatory team announces the discovery of micronovae.
• April 21 – Mwai Kibaki, the 3rd President of Kenya who controversially manipulated his re-election in 2007, dies at aged 90.
• April 22 – The Large Hadron Collider begins full operations again, three years after being shut down for upgrades.
• April 24
  • The Freedom Movement party, led by Robert Golob, becomes the largest party in the National Assembly of Slovenia, winning 41 of 90 seats. They beat the sitting right-wing Prime Minister Janez Janša.
  • Emmanuel Macron is re-elected President of France beating Marine Le Pen with a 58.5% to 41.5% vote margin, becoming the first French president to be re-elected in twenty years.
• April 25 – Twitter accepts Elon Musk's offer to buy the company for USD $44 billion.
• April 27
  • The European Union accuses Russia of blackmail after gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria are halted by energy giant Gazprom.
  • The Central African Republic makes bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the second country in the world to adopt the cryptocurrency.
  • A court in Myanmar under the control of its military junta sentences former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison for corruption charges.
• April 28 – Dritan Abazović is elected 7th Prime Minister of Montenegro by the Parliament, replacing Zdravko Krivokapić.
• April 29 – A building collapse in Changsha, China kills 53 people.

May

On 6 May, the global monkeypox outbreak begins in the United Kingdom

On 9 May, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns after two months of massive protests against his government

On 9 May, former Senator Bongbong Marcos is elected the 17th President of the Philippines in a landslide victory

On 14 May, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan becomes the 3rd President of the United Arab Emirates, after the death of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

On 14 May, a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York kills 10 people

On 21 May, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is elected Prime Minister of Australia

• May 2
  • Ronnie O'Sullivan wins the World Snooker Championship beating Judd Trump in the final.
  • Russia announces it may be pulling out of the International Space Station in two years, because of the economic sanctions imposed on the nation after its invasion of Ukraine.
• May 3 – A motion of no confidence is declared against Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa and his cabinet, in an attempt to remove him from power.
• May 5
  • President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro orders an audit on the country's voting machines, five months before the general election is held.
  • Sinn Féin, led by Michelle O'Neill, win the most seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
• May 6
  • A hotel explosion caused by a gas leak in Havana, Cuba kills 42 people and injures over 90 others.
  • An outbreak of monkeypox begins when the first monkeypox virus case is reported in London, the United Kingdom.
• May 8
  • John Lee is elected the 5th Chief Executive of Hong Kong, replacing Carrie Lam.
  • Alan Gagloyev is elected the 5th President of South Ossetia, beating incumbent President Anatoly Bibilov with a 56% to 41% vote margin.
• May 9
  • Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns because of massive protests against his government across Sri Lanka.
  • The Philippine presidential election is held to elect the country's 17th president and 15th vice president.
  • ​The Pulitzer Prizes are awarded, with The Washington Post winning a prize for its coverage of the 2021 United States Capitol attack.
• May 10
  • Yoon Suk-yeol is inaugurated as the 13th President of South Korea.
  • Leonid Kravchuk, the first President of Ukraine, dies at aged 88.
  • The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 begins in Turin, Italy.
  • Former Senator Bongbong Marcos, son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos, and former Davao City mayor Sara Duterte, daughter of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, are declared the winners of the 2022 election, becoming the 17th President and 15th Vice President of the Philippines in a landslide victory.
• May 12
  • Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, is directly imaged for the first time ever.
  • Ranil Wickremesinghe is chosen by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the next Prime Minister of Sri Lanka amid massive national protests.
• May 13 – President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies at aged 73 and is replaced by Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan the next day.
• May 14
  • Russian forces withdraw from Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv, in the north-east of the country.
  • The Kalush Orchestra of Ukraine wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Stefania".
  • In the United States, at least 10 people are killed and three others injured in a mass shooting by a white supremacist at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
  • Widespread shortages of infant formula continue in the United States following a major recall and plant shutdown.
• May 15
  • Former President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is elected president again, beating President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.
  • President of Finland Sauli Niinistö says Finland will apply for membership in NATO.
• May 16
  • Sweden confirms it will apply to join NATO, after years of supporting being neutral.
  • McDonald's announces that it will permanently shut down its fast food operations in Russia due to the "humanitarian crisis" and "unpredictable operating environment" caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
  • Prime Minister of France Jean Castex resigns and is replaced by Élisabeth Borne, making her the second female to ever become France's prime minister.
  • The Siege of Mariupol ends in a Russian victory as Ukrainian troops are evacuated from Mariupol.
• May 17 – Oscar winning composer Vangelis, who was an influential electronic musician, dies of COVID-19 at aged 79.
• May 18 – Germany's Eintracht Frankfurt wins the UEFA Europa League, beating Scotland's Rangers F.C..
• May 19 – The Boeing Starliner has docked with the International Space Station.
• May 20 – The World Health Organization (WHO) holds an emergency meeting to discuss the fast spread of the monkeypox outbreak in almost a dozen countries, as the number of reported monkeypox cases reaches 100.
• May 21 – The Australian Labor Party wins the most seats in the federal election, with Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese replaced incumbent Scott Morrison as the Prime Minister of Australia.
• May 24 – In the United States, a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas kills 19 students and two adults, with the gunman being killed by police officers.

Future events

Unknown dates

• The 2022 FIFA World Cup is expect to be host in Qatar (First country to host a game in Middle East).
• According to NIWA, New Zealand is expected to have a below average month for the first time since January 2017.

Deaths

January

Main article: Deaths in January 2022

Richard Leakey

Beatrice Mintz

Viktor Saneyev

Peter Bogdanovich

F. Sionil José

Sidney Poitier

Toshiki Kaifu

Bob Saget

David Sassoli

Ernest Shonekan

Ronnie Spector

Ricardo Bofill

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

Hardy Krüger

Gaspard Ulliel

Meat Loaf

Elza Soares

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Wim Jansen

• January 1
  • Andreas Kunz, German Nordic combined competitor and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1946)
  • Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (b. 1944)
  • Calisto Tanzi, Italian businessman and convicted fraudster (b. 1938)
• January 2
  • Gianni Celati, Italian writer and translator (b. 1937)
  • Eric Walter Elst, Belgian astronomer (b. 1936)
  • Jens Jørgen Hansen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1939)
  • Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician (b. 1944)
• January 3
  • Mario Lanfranchi, Italian movie director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
  • Beatrice Mintz, American embryologist (b. 1921)
  • Viktor Saneyev, Georgian triple jumper and Olympic champion (b. 1945)
• January 4
  • Rolf-Dieter Amend, German slalom canoeist and Olympic champion (b. 1949)
  • Joan Copeland, American actress (b. 1922)
  • Anatoliy Kuksov, Ukrainian footballer, manager and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1949)
  • Sindhutai Sapkal, Indian social worker and activist (b. 1948)
• January 5
  • Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1925)
  • Robert Blust, American linguist, lexicographer ​and academic (b. 1940)
  • Anatole Novak, French road bicycle racer (b. 1937)
  • Olga Szabó-Orbán, Romanian fencer and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1938)
• January 6
  • Peter Bogdanovich, American movie director, actor, and writer (b. 1939)
  • Bob Falkenburg, American tennis player and businessman (b. 1926)
  • F. Sionil José, Filipino writer (b. 1924)
  • Mariano Laurenti, Italian movie director and actor (b. 1929)
  • Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, movie director and activist (b. 1927)
• January 7
  • Mino De Rossi, Italian cyclist and Olympic champion (b. 1931)
  • Mark Forest, American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1933)
  • Anatoly Kvashnin, Russian general (b. 1946)
• January 8
  • Andrew Jennings, British investigative journalist (b. 1943)
  • Michael Lang, American concert producer (b. 1944)
  • Viktor Mazin, Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion (b. 1954)
  • John Rambo, American basketball player, high jumper and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1943)
  • Nina Rocheva, Russian cross-country skier and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1948)
• January 9
  • Franco Cavallo, Italian sailor and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1932)
  • Maria Ewing, American opera singer (b. 1950)
  • Dwayne Hickman, American actor (b. 1934)
  • Toshiki Kaifu, 76th and 77th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1931)
  • Bob Saget, American comedian, television presenter and actor (b. 1956)
• January 10
  • Herbert Achternbusch, German movie director, writer and painter (b. 1938)
  • Vladimir Dolgov, Russian swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1961)
  • Robert Durst, American convicted murderer and real estate businessman (b. 1943)
  • Deon Lendore, Trinidad and Tobago sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1992)
  • Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Italian aristocrat (b. 1930)
  • Abdurrahman Vazirov, Leader of the Azerbaijan SSR (b. 1930)
• January 11
  • Anatoly Alyabyev, Russian biathlete and Olympic champion (b. 1951)
  • Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık, Turkish footballer (b. 1994)
  • David Sassoli, 16th President of the European Parliament (b. 1956)
  • Guy Sajer, French soldier, writer ​and cartoonist (b. 1927)
  • Ernest Shonekan, 9th Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1936)
• January 12
  • Luis Castañeda, Peruvian politician and lawyer (b. 1945)
  • Ronnie Spector, American singer (b. 1943)
• January 13
  • Jean-Jacques Beineix, French movie director and screenwriter (b. 1946)
  • Werner Delmes, German field hockey player and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1930)
  • Raúl Vilches, Cuban volleyball player and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1954)
• January 14
  • Ricardo Bofill, Spanish architect (b. 1939)
  • Ron Goulart, American comics writer and historian (b. 1933)
  • Alice von Hildebrand, Belgian-born American philosopher and theologian (b. 1923)
  • Dave Wolverton, American writer (b. 1957)
• January 15
  • Rink Babka, American discus thrower and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1936)
  • Nino Cerruti, Italian stylist (b. 1930)
• January 16
  • Carmela Corren, Israeli-Austrian singer and actress (b. 1938)
  • Françoise Forton, Brazilian actress (b. 1957)
  • Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, 6th Prime Minister and 5th President of Mali (b. 1945)
  • Birju Maharaj, Indian dancer, composer and singer (b. 1938)
• January 17
  • Armando Gama, Portuguese pop singer-songwriter (b. 1954)
  • Yvette Mimieux, American actress (b. 1942)
  • Michel Subor, French actor (b. 1935)
• January 18
  • Sir David Cox, British statistician (b. 1924)
  • Paco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1933)
  • Dick Halligan, American musician and movie composer (b. 1943)
  • Lusia Harris, American basketball player and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1955)
  • Paavo Heininen, Finnish composer and pianist (b. 1938)
  • André Leon Talley, American fashion journalist (b. 1948)
• January 19
  • Hans-Jürgen Dörner, German footballer, manager and Olympic champion (b. 1951)
  • Nils Arne Eggen, Norwegian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
  • Elmar Fischer, Austrian Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1936)
  • Stanisław Grędziński, Polish Olympic sprinter (b. 1945)
  • Hardy Krüger, German actor and writer (b. 1928)
  • Anatoly Malofeyev, Belarusian politician (b. 1933)
  • Anatoliy Novikov, Ukrainian judoka and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1947)
  • Gaspard Ulliel, French actor and model (b. 1984)
• January 20
  • Heidi Biebl, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1941)
  • Gernot Böhme, German philosopher and writer (b. 1937)
  • Benjamin Kogo, Kenyan steeplechase runner and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1944)
  • Meat Loaf, American singer and actor (b. 1947)
  • Elza Soares, Brazilian singer (b. 1930)
• January 21
  • Louie Anderson, American stand-up comedian, actor and game show host (b. 1953)
  • James Forbes, American basketball player and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1952)
  • Clark Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1954)
  • Arnis Līcītis, Latvian actor (b. 1946)
  • Marcel Mauron, Swiss footballer (b. 1929)
  • Zhang Jie, Chinese writer (b. 1937)
• January 22
  • António Lima Pereira, Portuguese footballer (b. 1952)
  • Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 1926)
• January 23
  • Serge Korber, French movie director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
  • Barbara Krafftówna, Polish actress (b. 1928)
  • Keto Losaberidze, Georgian archer and Olympic champion (b. 1949)
  • Jean-Claude Mézières, French comic book artist (b. 1938)
  • Thierry Mugler, French fashion designer (b. 1948)
• January 24
  • Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian polemicist and conspiracy theorist (b. 1947)
  • Szilveszter Csollány, Hungarian gymnast and Olympic champion (b. 1970)
  • Fatma Girik, Turkish actress and politician (b. 1942)
  • Miriam Naor, 11th President of the Supreme Court of Israel (b. 1947)
• January 25
  • Etchika Choureau, French actress (b. 1929)
  • Barry Cryer, English comedian and screenwriter (b. 1935)
  • Vladimir Gubarev, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1938)
  • Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1946)
  • Esteban Edward Torres, American politician (b. 1930)
  • Mark Tseitlin, Kyrgyz-born Israeli chess grandmaster (b. 1943)
• January 26
  • Bud Brown, American politician (b. 1927)
  • Philippe Contamine, French historian (b. 1932)
• January 27
  • René de Obaldia, French playwright and poet, member of the Académie Française (b. 1918)
  • Charanjit Singh, Indian field hockey player and Olympic champion (b. 1931)
• January 28
  • Hans-Peter Lanig, German alpine skier and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1938)
  • Mel Mermelstein, Czechoslovakian-born American Holocaust survivor and writer (b. 1926)
• January 29
  • Howard Hesseman, American actor (b. 1940)
  • Freddy Thielemans, Belgian politician (b. 1944)
• January 30
  • Frans Aerenhouts, Belgian cyclist (b. 1937)
  • Cheslie Kryst, American television presenter, beauty queen and Miss USA winner (b. 1991)
  • Piero Gamba, Italian conductor and pianist (b. 1936)
  • Leonid Kuravlyov, Russian actor (b. 1936)
  • Robert Wall, American martial artist and actor (b. 1939)
• January 31 – Voldemaras Novickis, Lithuanian handball player and Olympic champion (b. 1956)

February

Main article: Deaths in February 2022

Shintaro Ishihara

Monica Vitti

Christos Sartzetakis

Ronnie Hellström

Lata Mangeshkar

Luc Montagnier

Sir Manuel Esquivel

Ivan Reitman

Luigi De Magistris

Máté Fenyvesi

Gary Brooker

Mark Lanegan

Sally Kellerman

John Landy

• February 1
  • Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani, Secretary of the Guardian Council (b. 1919)
  • Shintaro Ishihara, 33rd Governor of Tokyo (b. 1932)
  • Wolfgang Schwanitz, 4th Head of the Stasi (b. 1930)
  • Maurizio Zamparini, Italian football executive (b. 1941)
• February 2
  • Alberto Baillères, Mexican businessman (b. 1931)
  • Bill Fitch, American basketball coach (b. 1932)
  • Ed Foreman, American politician (b. 1933)
  • Ezio Frigerio, Italian costume designer and art director (b. 1930)
  • Monica Vitti, Italian actress (b. 1931)
• February 3
  • Dieter Mann, German actor (b. 1941)
  • Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, 2nd Leader of the Islamic State (b. 1976)
  • Christos Sartzetakis, 4th President of Greece (b. 1929)
• February 4 – Don Johnston, 4th Secretary-General of the OECD (b. 1936)
• February 5
  • Angélica Gorodischer, Argentine writer (b. 1928)
  • Boris Melnikov, Russian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1938)
• February 6
  • George Crumb, American composer (b. 1929)
  • Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer (b. 1949)
  • Syl Johnson, American singer, musician and record producer (b. 1936)
  • Ryszard Kubiak, Polish rowing coxswain and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1950)
  • Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer, composer and politician (b. 1929)
• February 7
  • Rex Cawley, American athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1940)
  • Margarita Lozano, Spanish actress (b. 1931)
  • Zbigniew Namysłowski, Polish jazz musician and composer (b. 1939)
  • Douglas Trumbull, American special effects supervisor and movie director (b. 1942)
• February 8
  • Bill Lienhard, American basketball player and Olympic champion (b. 1930)
  • Luc Montagnier, French virologist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1932)
  • Jackie Robinson, American basketball player and Olympic champion (b. 1927)
  • Gerhard Roth, Austrian writer (b. 1942)
  • Götz Werner, German businessman (b. 1944)
• February 9
  • Abune Antonios, Eritrean Christian Patriarch (b. 1927)
  • Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
  • Joseph Horovitz, Austrian-born British composer, conductor and academic (b. 1926)
  • Ian McDonald, English musician (b. 1946)
  • Nora Nova, Bulgarian-German singer (b. 1928)
  • André Wilms, French actor and comedian (b. 1947)
• February 10
  • Evgeniya Brik, Russian actress (b. 1981)
  • Sir Manuel Esquivel, 2nd Prime Minister of Belize (b. 1940)
  • Duvall Hecht, American rower, publisher and Olympic champion (b. 1930)
  • Eduard Kukan, Slovak politician (b. 1939)
  • Nikolai Manoshin, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1938)
• February 11
  • Addai II Giwargis, Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East (b. 1948)
  • Lula, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1946)
• February 12
  • Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman and politician (b. 1938)
  • Carmen Herrera, Cuban-born American artist (b. 1915)
  • Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian movie director and producer (b. 1946)
• February 13
  • Berit Berthelsen, Norwegian athlete (b. 1944)
  • Halyna Sevruk, Uzbek-born Ukrainian artist (b. 1929)
• February 14
  • Borislav Ivkov, Serbian chess Grandmaster (b. 1933)
  • Julio Morales, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1945)
  • Sandy Nelson, American drummer (b. 1938)
• February 15
  • Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer-songwriter, record producer and composer (b. 1952)
  • P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist, journalist, and author (b. 1947)
  • Józef Zapędzki, Polish sport shooter and Olympic champion (b. 1929)
• February 16
  • Cristina Calderón, Chilean Yaghan writer (b. 1928)
  • Michel Deguy, French poet, editor and translator (b. 1930)
  • Luigi De Magistris, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1926)
  • Gail Halvorsen, American military pilot (b. 1920)
  • Andrey Lopatov, Russian basketball player and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1957)
  • Amos Sawyer, Interim President of Liberia (b. 1945)
• February 17
  • David Brenner, American movie editor (b. 1962)
  • Steve Burtenshaw, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
  • Máté Fenyvesi, Hungarian footballer and politician (b. 1933)
  • Jim Hagedorn, American politician (b. 1962)
  • Giuseppe Ros, Italian boxer and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1942)
• February 18 – Héctor Pulido, Mexican footballer and manager (b. 1942)
• February 19
  • David Boggs, American electrical and radio engineer (b. 1950)
  • Gary Brooker, English singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1945)
  • Dan Graham, American visual artist (b. 1942)
  • Kakuichi Mimura, Japanese footballer and manager (b. 1931)
  • Jacques Poos, Luxembourgian politician (b. 1935)
  • Karl Vaino, Estonian politician (b. 1923)
• February 20
  • Eduardo Bonomi, Uruguayan politician and guerilla fighter (b. 1948)
  • Joni James, American singer (b. 1930)
  • Oleksandr Sydorenko, Ukrainian swimmer and Olympic champion (b. 1960)
• February 21
  • Chor Yuen, Hong Kong movie director, screenwriter and actor (b. 1934)
  • Paul Farmer, American medical anthropologist (b. 1959)
  • Abdul Waheed, Pakistani field hockey player and Olympic champion (b. 1936)
• February 22
  • K.P.A.C Lalitha, Indian actress (b. 1948)
  • Mark Lanegan, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1964)
• February 23
  • Tatiana Birshtein, Russian molecular scientist (b. 1928)
  • Rehman Malik, Pakistani politician (b. 1951)
  • Antonietta Stella, Italian operatic soprano (b. 1929)
  • Ion Adrian Zare, Romanian footballer and manager (b. 1959)
• February 24
  • Dmitry Debelka, Belarusian wrestler and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1976)
  • Sally Kellerman, American actress (b. 1937)
  • Ivanka Khristova, Bulgarian shot putter and Olympic champion (b. 1941)
  • John Landy, 26th Governor of Victoria and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1930)
  • Henry Lincoln, British actor, screenwriter and author (b. 1930)
  • Gary North, American Christian social theorist and economist (b. 1942)
  • Vitalii Skakun, Ukrainian soldier (b. 1996)
• February 26 – Danny Ongais, American racing driver (b. 1942)
• February 27
  • Ichiro Abe, Japanese judoka (b. 1922)
  • Veronica Carlson, British actress, model and painter (b. 1944)
  • Marietta Giannakou, Greek politician (b. 1951)
• February 28 – Abuzed Omar Dorda, 18th Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1944)

March

Main article: Deaths in March 2022

Shane Warne

Giuseppe Wilson

Muhammad Rafiq Tarar

Rupiah Banda

Vic Elford

William Hurt

Eugene Parker

Kunimitsu Takahashi

Don Young

Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga

Madeleine Albright

Taylor Hawkins

Ayaz Mutallibov

• March 1
  • Conrad Janis, American musician and actor (b. 1928)
  • Alevtina Kolchina, Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1930)
• March 2
  • Kenneth Duberstein, American lobbyist (b. 1944)
  • Frédérick Tristan, French writer, essayist and poet (b. 1931)
• March 3
  • Bruce Johnstone, South African racing driver (b. 1937)
  • Albert Pobor, Croatian football manager (b. 1956)
  • Dean Woods, Australian cyclist and Olympic champion (b. 1966)
• March 4
  • Paula Marosi, Hungarian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1936)
  • Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer (b. 1947)
  • Mitchell Ryan, American actor (b. 1934)
  • Shane Warne, Australian cricketer (b. 1969)
  • Maryan Wisniewski, French footballer (b. 1937)
• March 5
  • Agostino Cacciavillan, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1926)
  • Antonio Martino, Italian politician (b. 1942)
• March 6
  • Frank O'Farrell, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1927)
  • Giuseppe Wilson, Italian footballer (b. 1945)
• March 7
  • Avraham Hirschson, Israeli politician (b. 1941)
  • Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, 9th President of Pakistan (b. 1929)
• March 8
  • Tomás Boy, Mexican footballer (b. 1951)
  • René Clemencic, Austrian composer (b. 1928)
  • Grandpa Elliott, American singer and musician (b. 1944)
  • Sergei Mandreko, Russian-Tajik footballer and manager (b. 1971)
• March 9 – Justice Christopher, Nigerian footballer (b. 1981)
• March 10
  • Jürgen Grabowski, German footballer (b. 1944)
  • Mario Terán, Bolivian military warrant officer (b. 1941)
• March 11
  • Rupiah Banda, 4th President of Zambia (b. 1937)
  • Paul Genevay, French sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1939)
  • Rustam Ibragimbekov, Azerbaijani movie director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1939)
  • Jun Kondō, Japanese theoretical physicist (b. 1930)
• March 12
  • Alain Krivine, French politician (b. 1941)
  • Karl Offmann, 3rd President of Mauritius (b. 1940)
• March 13
  • Erhard Busek, Austrian politician (b. 1941)
  • Vic Elford, British racing driver (b. 1935)
  • William Hurt, American actor (b. 1950)
  • Ajdar Ismailov, Azerbaijani philologist, academic and politician (b. 1938)
  • Brent Renaud, American photojournalist, writer and filmmaker (b. 1971)
• March 14
  • Charles Greene, American sprinter and Olympic champion (b. 1945)
  • Scott Hall, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
  • Akira Takarada, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
  • Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist (b. 1948)
• March 15
  • Lauro Cavazos, American politician (b. 1927)
  • Eugene Parker, American solar physicist (b. 1927)
  • Anneli Sauli, Finnish actress (b. 1932)
• March 16 – Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese racing driver, motorcyclist, and team owner (b. 1940)
• March 17
  • Christopher Alexander, Austrian-born British-American architect, design theorist and writer (b. 1936)
  • Peter Bowles, English actor (b. 1936)
  • Tony Nash, British bobsledder and Olympic champion (b. 1936)
• March 18
  • Aleksei Bakharev, Russian-Ukrainian footballer (b. 1976)
  • Chaim Kanievsky, Polish-born Israeli rabbi (b. 1928)
  • Don Young, American politician and educator (b. 1933)
• March 19 – Shahabuddin Ahmed, 12th President of Bangladesh (b. 1930)
• March 20
  • Adriana Hoffmann, Chilean botanist, environmentalist and writer (b. 1940)
  • Reine Wisell, Swedish racing driver (b. 1941)
• March 21
  • Shinji Aoyama, Japanese movie director, screenwriter and composer (b. 1964)
  • Yvan Colonna, French Corsican nationalist and convicted murderer (b. 1960)
  • Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, 16th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1954)
  • Nikolai Osyanin, Russian footballer (b. 1941)
  • Eva Ingeborg Scholz, German actress (b. 1928)
  • Fevzi Zemzem, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• March 22 – Mohammad Reyshahri, Iranian politician and cleric (b. 1946)
• March 23 – Madeleine Albright, Czechoslovak-born American politician (b. 1937)
• March 24
  • Kirk Baptiste, American sprinter and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1962)
  • Dagny Carlsson, Swedish blogger and influencer (b. 1912)
• March 25 – Taylor Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1972)
• March 26 – Gianni Cavina, Italian actor (b. 1940)
• March 27
  • Titus Buberník, Slovak footballer (b. 1933)
  • Ayaz Mutallibov, 10th Prime Minister and 1st President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
  • Enrique Pinti, Argentine actor and comedian (b. 1939)
  • Martin Pope, American physical chemist, researcher and academic (b. 1918)
  • Alexandra Zabelina, Russian fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1937)
• March 28
  • Naci Erdem, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1931)
  • Antonios Naguib, Egyptian Coptic Catholic cardinal (b. 1935)
• March 29 – Paul Herman, American actor (b. 1946)
• March 30
  • Juan Carlos Cárdenas, Argentine footballer and manager (b. 1945)
  • Mathew Cheriankunnel, Indian Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1930)
  • Egon Franke, Polish fencer and Olympic champion (b. 1935)
  • Tom Parker, English singer (b. 1988)
• March 31
  • Georgi Atanasov, 39th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1933)
  • Rıdvan Bolatlı, Turkish footballer (b. 1928)
  • Patrick Demarchelier, French fashion photographer (b. 1943)
  • Richard Howard, American critic, poet and translator (b. 1929)

April

Main article: Deaths in April 2022

Estelle Harris

Leonel Sánchez

Lygia Fagundes Telles

Sidney Altman

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Gilbert Gottfried

Michel Bouquet

Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb

Radu Lupu

Sir Harrison Birtwistle

Kane Tanaka

Mwai Kibaki

Orrin Hatch

Juan Diego

• April 1 – Aleksandra Yakovleva, Russian actress and businesswoman (b. 1957)
• April 2
  • Vance Amory, 2nd and 4th Premier of Nevis (b. 1949)
  • Estelle Harris, American actress (b. 1928)
  • Silvio Longobucco, Italian footballer (b. 1951)
  • Mıgırdiç Margosyan, Turkish-Armenian writer (b. 1938)
  • Leonel Sánchez, Chilean footballer (b. 1936)
• April 3
  • June Brown, English actress and writer (b. 1927)
  • Lygia Fagundes Telles, Brazilian writer (b. 1918)
  • Einar Østby, Norwegian cross-country skier and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1935)
• April 4
  • John McNally, Irish boxer and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1932)
  • Django Sissoko, Acting Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1948)
  • Gene Shue, American basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
  • Petar Skansi, Croatian basketball player, coach and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1943)
  • Branislav Šoškić, 12th President of the Presidency of Montenegro (b. 1922)
  • Jerry Uelsmann, American photographer (b. 1934)
• April 5
  • Sidney Altman, Canadian-American molecular biologist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1939)
  • Joaquim Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (b. 1937)
  • David Kilgour, Canadian politician, writer and human rights activist (b. 1941)
  • Stanisław Kowalski, Polish masters athlete and supercentenarian (b. 1910)
  • Josef Panáček, Czech sport shooter and Olympic champion (b. 1936)
  • Nehemiah Persoff, American actor (b. 1919)
  • Bobby Rydell, American rock singer and actor (b. 1942)
  • Yefrem Sokolov, 21st First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (b. 1926)
  • Bjarni Tryggvason, Icelandic-born Canadian astronaut (b. 1945)
  • Jimmy Wang Yu, Taiwanese actor, martial artist and filmmaker (b. 1943)
• April 6
  • Rae Allen, American actress (b. 1926)
  • Karol Divín, Slovak figure skater and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1936)
  • Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Romanian fencer and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1944)
  • David McKee, British writer and illustrator (b. 1935)
  • Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician (b. 1946)
• April 7
  • Dušan Čkrebić, 55th Prime Minister and 11th President of Serbia (b. 1927)
  • Ludwik Dorn, Polish politician (b. 1954)
  • Miguel Ángel Estrella, Argentine pianist and human rights activist (b. 1940)
  • Fujiko A. Fujio, Japanese manga artist (b. 1934)
• April 8
  • Minori Matsushima, Japanese actress (b. 1940)
  • Peng Ming-min, Taiwanese independence activist and politician (b. 1923)
• April 9
  • Michael Degen, German-Israeli actor and Holocaust survivor (b. 1932)
  • Michel Delebarre, French politician (b. 1946)
  • Jack Higgins, British writer (b. 1929)
• April 10
  • Philippe Boesmans, Belgian composer (b. 1936)
  • John Drew, American basketball player (b. 1954)
  • Estela Rodríguez, Cuban judoka and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1967)
• April 11 – Hans Junkermann, German racing cyclist (b. 1934)
• April 12
  • Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian and actor (b. 1955)
  • Sergei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player and Olympic champion (b. 1962)
  • Irina Vorobieva, Russian Olympic pair skater (b. 1958)
• April 13
  • Letizia Battaglia, Italian photographer (b. 1935)
  • Michel Bouquet, French actor (b. 1925)
  • Wolfgang Fahrian, German footballer (b. 1941)
  • Freddy Rincón, Colombian footballer (b. 1966)
  • Desai Williams, Canadian sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1959)
• April 14
  • Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957)
  • Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (b. 1948)
• April 15
  • Jean-Paul Fitoussi, French economist (b. 1942)
  • Bernhard Germeshausen, German bobsledder and Olympic champion (b. 1951)
  • Michael O'Kennedy, Irish politician (b. 1936)
  • Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, 4th President of the European Parliament (b. 1925)
  • Liz Sheridan, American actress and dancer (b. 1929)
• April 16 – Joachim Streich, German footballer, manager and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1951)
• April 17
  • Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist (b. 1945)
  • Catherine Spaak, Belgian-Italian actress, model and singer (b. 1945)
• April 18
  • Lidiya Alfeyeva, Russian long jumper and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1946)
  • Sir Harrison Birtwistle, British composer (b. 1934)
  • Valerio Evangelisti, Italian writer (b. 1952)
  • Hermann Nitsch, Austrian artist (b. 1938)
• April 19
  • Carlos Lucas, Chilean boxer and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1930)
  • Sandra Pisani, Australian field hockey player and Olympic champion (b. 1959)
  • Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian and world's oldest person (b. 1903)
• April 20
  • Hilda Bernard, Argentine actress (b. 1920)
  • Antonín Kachlík, Czech movie director and screenwriter (b. 1923)
  • Javier Lozano Barragán, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1933)
  • Robert Morse, American actor and singer (b. 1931)
• April 21
  • Mwai Kibaki, 3rd President of Kenya (b. 1931)
  • Jacques Perrin, French actor and filmmaker (b. 1941)
  • Cynthia Plaster Caster, American artist (b. 1947)
• April 22
  • Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1951)
  • Michelle Suárez Bértora, Uruguayan politician and activist (b. 1983)
  • Viktor Zvyahintsev, Ukrainian footballer and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1950)
• April 24
  • Arno, Belgian singer and actor (b. 1949)
  • Orrin Hatch, American politician (b. 1934)
• April 25 – Ursula Lehr, German researcher, academic and politician (b. 1930)
• April 26
  • İsmail Ogan, Turkish wrestler and Olympic champion (b. 1933)
  • Klaus Schulze, German electronic musician and composer (b. 1947)
• April 27
  • Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1934)
  • Kenneth Tsang, Hong Kong actor (b. 1935)
• April 28
  • Neal Adams, American comics artist (b. 1941)
  • Juan Diego, Spanish actor (b. 1942)
  • Zoran Sretenović, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1964)
• April 29
  • Joanna Barnes, American actress and writer (b. 1934)
  • Georgia Benkart, American mathematician (b. 1947)
  • David Birney, American actor (b. 1939)
• April 30
  • Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1946)
  • Bob Krueger, American politician (b. 1935)
  • Mino Raiola, Italian football agent (b. 1967)

May

Main article: Deaths in May 2022

Ivica Osim

Norman Mineta

Stanislav Shushkevich

Leonid Kravchuk

Shivkumar Sharma

Ben Roy Mottelson

Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Teresa Berganza

Andrew Symonds

Vangelis

• May 1
  • Ricardo Alarcón, Cuban politician (b. 1937)
  • Ilan Gilon, Israeli politician (b. 1956)
  • Dominique Lecourt, French philosopher (b. 1944)
  • Takuya Miyamoto, Japanese footballer (b. 1983)
  • Ivica Osim, Bosnian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
  • Régine Zylberberg, Belgian-born French singer and nightclub owner (b. 1929)
• May 2 – Joseph Raz, Israeli philosopher (b. 1939)
• May 3
  • Tony Brooks, British racing driver (b. 1932)
  • Lino Capolicchio, Italian actor and director (b. 1943)
  • George Horvath, Swedish pentathlete and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1960)
  • Norman Mineta, American politician (b. 1931)
  • Stanislav Shushkevich, 1st Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus (b. 1934)
• May 4
  • Harm Ottenbros, Dutch road bicycle racer (b. 1943)
  • Géza Varasdi, Hungarian athlete and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1928)
• May 5
  • Mike Hagerty, American actor (b. 1954)
  • Ronald Lopatni, Croatian professional water polo player and Olympic champion (b. 1944)
  • Kenneth Welsh, Canadian actor (b. 1942)
  • Leo Wilden, German footballer (b. 1936)
• May 6
  • Patricia A. McKillip, American writer (b. 1948)
  • George Pérez, American comic book artist (b. 1954)
• May 7
  • Antón Arieta, Spanish footballer (b. 1946)
  • Yuri Averbakh, Russian chess player (b. 1922)
  • Mickey Gilley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
  • Kang Soo-yeon, South Korean actress (b. 1966)
• May 8
  • Maria Gusakova, Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1931)
  • Bengt Johansson, Swedish handball player and coach (b. 1942)
  • Kim Chi-ha, South Korean activist, poet and playwright (b. 1941)
  • Fred Ward, American actor (b. 1942)
  • Dennis Waterman, English actor and singer (b. 1948)
• May 9
  • John H. Coates, Australian mathematician (b. 1945)
  • Tim Johnson, American politician (b. 1946)
  • Jody Lukoki, Dutch-Congolese footballer (b. 1992)
  • Adreian Payne, American basketball player (b. 1991)
• May 10
  • Leonid Kravchuk, 1st President of Ukraine (b. 1934)
  • Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach (b. 1948)
  • Shivkumar Sharma, Indian musician and composer (b. 1938)
• May 11
  • Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian journalist (b. 1971)
  • Juan Amat, Spanish field hockey player and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1946)
  • Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch writer (b. 1940)
  • Henk Groot, Dutch footballer (b. 1938)
• May 12 – Robert McFarlane, American lieutenant colonel and politician (b. 1937)
• May 13
  • Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1926)
  • Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 2nd President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1948)
  • Teresa Berganza, Spanish mezzo-soprano (b. 1935)
  • Simon Preston, English organist, conductor, and composer (b. 1938)
  • Yang Hyong-sop, 6th Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (b. 1925)
• May 14
  • Maxi Rolón, Argentine footballer (b. 1995)
  • Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer (b. 1975)
• May 15
  • Robert Cogoi, Belgian singer (b. 1939)
  • Ignacy Gogolewski, Polish actor (b. 1931)
  • Knox Martin, Colombian-born American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
  • Jerzy Trela, Polish actor (b. 1942)
• May 16
  • Josef Abrhám, Czech actor (b. 1939)
  • John Aylward, American actor (b. 1946)
  • Hilarion Kapral, Canadian-born American Orthodox bishop (b. 1948)
  • Ademola Okulaja, Nigerian-born German basketball player (b. 1975)
• May 17
  • Rolands Kalniņš, Latvian movie director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)
  • Rodri, Spanish footballer (b. 1934)
  • Vangelis, Greek musician and composer (b. 1943)
• May 18
  • Faouzi Mansouri, Algerian footballer (b. 1956)
  • Domingo Villar, Spanish writer (b. 1971)
• May 19 – Jean-Louis Comolli, French movie critic and director (b. 1941)
• May 21
  • Marco Cornez, Chilean footballer (b. 1957)
  • Rosemary Radford Ruether, American feminist theologian (b. 1936)
  • Jiří Zídek Sr., Czech basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
• May 23
  • Anita Gradin, Swedish politician (b. 1933)
  • Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Polish fantasy writer (b. 1972)
  • Ilkka Suominen, 19th Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (b. 1939)
• May 24 – Ouka Leele, Spanish photographer (b. 1957)

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