Revolts, massacres and attacks217
- assassination of Shinzō AbeAttacks
- Mahsa Amini protests2022–2023 · Revolts & coups
- 2022 Kazakh unrestRevolts & coups
- Robb Elementary School shootingAttacks
- 2022 COVID-19 protests in China2022–2023 · Revolts & coups
- 2022 Istanbul bombingAttacks
- 2022 Buffalo shootingMassacres
- 2022 Oslo shootingAttacks
- January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'étatRevolts & coups
- 2022 Copenhagen mall shootingAttacks
- Nong Bua Lamphu massacreAttacks
- September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'étatRevolts & coups
- 2022 Karakalpakstan protestsRevolts & coups
- 2022 Shah Cheragh attackAttacks
- Izhevsk school shootingAttacks
- 2022 Peshawar mosque bombingAttacks
- anti-war protests in RussiaRevolts & coups
- attempted assassination of Imran KhanAttacks
- Owo church attackAttacks
- 2022 Highland Park parade shootingAttacks
- 2022 Paris shootingAttacks
- 2022-2023 Peruvian protests2022–2023 · Revolts & coups
- 2022 Melilla incidentMassacres
- 3 March 2022 Chernihiv bombingAttacks
- Mykolaiv government building airstrikeAttacks
- attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de KirchnerAttacks
- 2022 New York City Subway attackAttacks
- 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attemptRevolts & coups
- killing of Darya DuginaAttacks
- 2022 Cetinje shootingAttacks
- Sitong Bridge protestRevolts & coups
- Soloti military training ground shootingAttacks
- Colorado Springs nightclub shootingAttacks
- Makiivka military quarters shelling2022–2023 · Attacks
- bombing of the Russian embassy in KabulMurders
- Kharkiv government building airstrikeAttacks
- 2022 Beersheba attackAttacks
- 2022 Laguna Woods shootingAttacks
- 2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état attemptRevolts & coups
- 2022 Tel Aviv shootingAttacks
+177 less-known, on the globe.
Wars, battles and sieges164
- full-scale Russo-Ukrainian warWars & conflicts
- Bucha massacreWars & conflicts
- Siege of MariupolBattles
- Battle of Bakhmut2022–2024 · Battles
- Snake Island campaignBattles
- Battle of KyivWars & conflicts
- Capture of ChernobylBattles
- Battle of KharkivBattles
- 2022 Crimean Bridge explosionWars & conflicts
- Battle of KhersonBattles
- Battle of Antonov AirportBattles
- war crimes in the Russo-Ukrainian warWars & conflicts
- Battle of SievierodonetskBattles
- Kramatorsk railway station attackWars & conflicts
- Battle of VasylkivBattles
- Siege of ChernihivBattles
- Mariupol theatre airstrikeWars & conflicts
- Battle of SumySieges
- 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashesWars & conflicts
- Mariupol hospital airstrikeWars & conflicts
- Capture of MelitopolBattles
- Kyiv Offensive (2022)Wars & conflicts
- 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensiveWars & conflicts
- Battle of EnerhodarSieges
- Battle of KonotopBattles
- Battle of MykolaivWars & conflicts
- Battle of OkhtyrkaBattles
- Battle of IrpinBattles
- Battle of BuchaBattles
- Battle of StarobilskBattles
- Izium mass gravesWars & conflicts
- 2022 Gaza–Israel clashesWars & conflicts
- Battle of IvankivBattles
- Olenivka prison explosionWars & conflicts
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia OblastWars & conflicts
- Battle of BerdianskBattles
- Battle of DonbasBattles
- Kremenchuk shopping mall attackWars & conflicts
- Battle of BrovaryBattles
- March 2022 Donetsk attackWars & conflicts
+124 less-known, on the globe.
Accidents and fires92
- China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735Accidents
- Precision Air Flight 494Accidents
- Giza church fireFires & explosions
- Tara Air Flight 197Accidents
- 2022 Oder environmental disasterAccidents
- sinking of the MoskvaAccidents
- 2022 Dallas airshow crashAccidents
- 2022 Ürümqi fireFires & explosions
- 2022 San Antonio trailer deathsAccidents
- 2022 Bronx apartment fireFires & explosions
- LATAM Perú Flight 2213Accidents
- 2022 Sitakunda fireFires & explosions
- DHL Aero Expreso Flight 7216Accidents
- Meridian Flight 3032Accidents
- 2022 Yerevan explosionAccidents
- 2022 Yeysk military aircraft crashAccidents
- Korean Air Flight 631Accidents
- 2022 Baltic Sea Cessna crashAccidents
- 2022 Bogoso explosionFires & explosions
- 2022 Marmolada serac collapseAccidents
- 2022 Zagreb Tu-141 crashAccidents
- Amasra mine explosionAccidents
- Red Air Flight 203Accidents
- Sumykhimprom ammonia leakAccidents
- Tibet Airlines Flight 9833Accidents
- Evin Prison fireFires & explosions
- 2022 Guizhou bus crashAccidents
- 2022 Changsha building collapseAccidents
- 2022 Irkutsk military aircraft crashAccidents
- 2022 St Helier explosionFires & explosions
- 2022 Strépy-Bracquegnies car crashAccidents
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailmentAccidents
- sinking of the Kazu IAccidents
- 2022 Missouri train derailmentAccidents
- 2022 Mutiny Bay plane crashAccidents
- Creeslough explosionFires & explosions
- Tōhoku Shinkansen derailmentAccidents
- 2022 Philadelphia apartment fireFires & explosions
- 2022 Vietnam karaoke bar fireFires & explosions
- Mainaguri train accidentAccidents
+52 less-known, on the globe.
Disasters91
- June 2022 Afghanistan earthquakeNatural disasters
- 2022 Cianjur earthquakeNatural disasters
- 2022 Pakistan floodsNatural disasters
- 2022 Papua New Guinea earthquakeNatural disasters
- 2022 Luding earthquakeNatural disasters
- 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floodsNatural disasters
- 2022 Petrópolis floodsNatural disasters
- West Pasaman earthquake 2022Natural disasters
- 2022 Luzon earthquakeNatural disasters
- 2022 Stolac earthquakeNatural disasters
- January 2022 Afghanistan earthquakeNatural disasters
- 2022 Siberia wildfiresNatural disasters
- 2022 Central Korean floodsNatural disasters
- September 2022 Taitung earthquakesNatural disasters
- 2022 Western México earthquakeNatural disasters
- Capitólio rockfallNatural disasters
- 2022 Batang Kali landslideNatural disasters
- Floods and landslides on the northeast coast of Brazil in 2022Natural disasters
- 2022 Africa floodsNatural disasters
- 2022 Guatemala earthquakeNatural disasters
- Düzce earthquake of 2022Natural disasters
- 2022 East London floodsNatural disasters
- 2022 eruption of Mauna LoaNatural disasters
- 2022–2023 West Azerbaijan earthquakesNatural disasters
- 2022 Accra floodsNatural disasters
- 2022 Brazil floods and landslidesNatural disasters
- 2022 Chilca earthquakeNatural disasters
- 2022 Ferndale earthquakeNatural disasters
- 2022 Ya'an earthquakeNatural disasters
- 2022 Corrientes wildfiresNatural disasters
- 2022 Greek floodsNatural disasters
- 2022 Ischia landslideNatural disasters
- 2022 Marche floodNatural disasters
- 2022 Ankara floodsNatural disasters
- 2022 Bohemian-Saxon Switzerland FireNatural disasters
- 2022 Cyprus earthquakeNatural disasters
- 2022 Dallas floodsNatural disasters
- 2022 Fagradalsfjall eruptionNatural disasters
- 2022 Gironde wildfiresNatural disasters
- 2022 Nepal earthquakeNatural disasters
+51 less-known, on the globe.
Expeditions6
- Binational Expedition to the Putumayo River Basin between Peru and ColombiaExpeditions
- Nansen Legacy Connenctivity in Polar Cod and Capelin cruise 12th - 21st November 2022Expeditions
- Nansen Legacy JC3 Winter Gaps cruise 19th February - 11th March 2022Expeditions
- Nansen Legacy Mooring Service Cruise 2nd October - 12th October 2022Expeditions
- Nansen Legacy Polarfront studyExpeditions
- Southland Myosotis Research Field Trip 2022Expeditions
Treaties, councils and politics4
Already under way in 202231
- Syrian Civil War2011–2024 · Wars & conflicts
- War in Donbas2014–2022 · Wars & conflicts
- 2025–2026 Iranian protests2020–2026 · Revolts & coups
- Tigray war2020–2022 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of Avdiivka2020–2024 · Battles
- Venezuelan presidential crisis2019–2023 · Politics
- 2024 Lebanon War2020–2024 · Wars & conflicts
- Minsk II2015–2022 · Treaties
- Operation Inherent Resolve2014–2026 · Wars & conflicts
- crisis in Venezuela2010–2025 · Politics
- African Union Mission to Somalia2007–2022 · Wars & conflicts
- Opération Barkhane2014–2022 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of Marinka2020–2023 · Battles
- protests against Nicolás Maduro2014–2026 · Revolts & coups
- Battle of Vuhledar2020–2024 · Battles
Came to an end in 202213
- War in Donbas2014–2022 · Wars & conflicts
- Tigray war2020–2022 · Wars & conflicts
- Minsk II2015–2022 · Treaties
- African Union Mission to Somalia2007–2022 · Wars & conflicts
- Opération Barkhane2014–2022 · Wars & conflicts
- 2021–2022 Iraqi political crisis2021–2022 · Politics
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk2014–2022 · Battles
- Late December 2021 Bahia floods2021–2022 · Natural disasters
- Trial of Hamid Nouri1961–2022 · Wars & conflicts
- Murder of Oluwabamise Ayanwole2000–2022 · Murders
Founded or built in 202265
- Freedom of Russia LegionGovernment
- The LineSettlements
- Russian Volunteer CorpsGovernment
- Goldin Finance 117Towers
- Lion's DenGovernment
- Tour HeklaTowers
- Museum of the FutureMuseums & galleries
- Terrorism Confinement CenterPrisons
- Tomb of Thutmose IICemeteries
- El Dabaa Nuclear Power PlantIndustry & energy
- Poland–Belarus border barrierCastles & forts
- Belgrade TowerBuildings
- Garuda PalacePalaces
- Ghibli ParkParks & gardens
- Le Meridien TaichungBuildings
- Mercury TowerBuildings
- Statue of Zabel YessayanMonuments
- Walk of the BraveMonuments
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez LibraryLibraries
- Kinmen BridgeBridges & tunnels
- Tokyo Midtown YaesuBuildings
- AntaresBuildings
- Austro TowerTowers
- Bell #9801Monuments
- Camp Hale–Continental Divide National MonumentMonuments
- Ganja Memorial ComplexMonuments
- Granada War Relocation CenterMonuments
- Michał Doliwo-Dobrowolski monument in SzczecinMonuments
- New Philadelphia National Historic SiteArchaeology
- observation tower on ŚnieżnikTowers
+35 more, on the globe.
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