WHAT HAPPENED ON 22. OCTOBER
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The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire. (22. October 362)

The Council of Chalcedon adopts the Chalcedonian Creed regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus Christ. (22. October 451)

Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto). (22. October 794)

The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne, sparking a period of civil war and disorder. (22. October 1383)

Foundation of Aguascalientes. (22. October 1575)

Battle of southern Fujian sea: The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company. (22. October 1633)

Scilly naval disaster: four British Royal Navy ships run aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and thousands of sailors drown. (22. October 1707)

Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed. (22. October 1730)

The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter. (22. October 1746)

American Revolutionary War: American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank. (22. October 1777)

Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska. (22. October 1784)

Warriors of the Miami tribe under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops under General Josiah Harmar at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Northwest Indian War. (22. October 1790)

André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from one thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris. (22. October 1797)

Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas. (22. October 1836)

The Great Anticipation: Millerites, followers of William Miller, anticipate the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the Great Disappointment. (22. October 1844)

Spain declares war on Morocco. (22. October 1859)

A plebiscite ratifies the annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy, occurred three days before, on October 19. (22. October 1866)

First telegraphic connection in Argentina. (22. October 1875)

The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 207 miners. (22. October 1877)

The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton. (22. October 1878)

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