- January 18
- Nusantara replaces Jakarta as capital of Indonesia. [1418.17]
- January 19
- Genting Hong Kong cruise ship company files to end operations and liquidate the company. [339]
- January 23
- Military coup in Burkina Faso, by Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration. [1413.35]
- January 24
- Burkina Faso military coup ousts President Roch Kabore in favor of Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba. [1422.10]
- January 25
- The government of Thailand moves to decriminalize marijuana. [1413.7]
- January 27
- Xiomara Castro is sworn in as President of Honduras. [1422.15]
- Sotheby's in London, England, sells at auction an Egyptian statue from the 3rd millennium B.C. for close to US$10 million. [1562.82]
- January 30
- General election of Portugal parliament. Socialist Party wins all seats. [1422.9]
- February 1
- Attempted coup foiled in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau. [1444.8]
- February 3
- US special forces raid Atme village in north-west Syria, killing Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. [1444.8]
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- Meta (parent company of Facebook) stock value drops 26.4% or US$230 billion, biggest one-day loss in history for a US company. The personal wealth of company president Mark Zuckerberg drops by about US$30 billion. [1444.6]
- February 4
- China president Xi Jinping and Russia President Vladimir Putin meet and issue statement of "no limits" to their areas of cooperation. [1444.19] [1524.20]
- In Beijing, People's Republic of China, the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics are held. [1403.12] [1404.37] [1734.21]
- February 14
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers under the Emergencies Act, allowing the government to declare protests illegal and freeze bank accounts of protesters. [1416.9,26]
- February 16
- Death of Cristina Calderón at age 93 in Chile; last full-blooded member of Yaghan people of Tierra del Fuego, southernmost tip of South America. [1515.76] [1523.5]
- February 17
- France announces it is withdrawing military forces from Mali. [1416.38]
- February 18
- Wind gust of 196 km/h recorded on Isle of Wight, highest wind speed ever recorded in England. [1523.22]
- February 21
- Trump Media & Technology Group launches TRUTH Social social media platform. [1531.23]
- Russia recognizes the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk (both part of Ukraine) as republics. [1417.11] (February 22 [1524.15])
- February 24
- Russian military forces invade Ukraine. [1417.11]
- Ukraine fully mobilizes for war. [1532.39]
- February 25
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifts its advisory on mask wearing in most public spaces. [1531.16]
- Death of Tsewang Norbu at age 25 by self-immolation in Lhasa, Tibet; singer (Sing! China TV show contestant). [1510.33]
- February 27
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, receives a record 24.1 inches of rainfall since February 25. [1531.16]
- The Ponant cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot (270 passengers) sets a new world record reaching the latitude of 78 degrees 44.3 minutes South, the closet geographic latitude to the South Pole, located in the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea. [339]
- March 1
- A cargo ship carrying about 4000 automobiles sinks 250 miles off the Azores. [1531.23]
- March 2
- An expedition aboard SA Algulhas II locates Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, which sunk in the Weddell Sea in 1914. [1460.22]
- March 3
- Sotheby's auction of 1961 painting L'empire des lumières by René Magritte sells for almost US$80 million. [1459.51]
- Moldova officially applies to join the European Union. [1533.25] (March 10 [1435.7])
- March 4
- Suicide bomber in a Shia Muslim mosque in Peshawar Pakistan kills 63, wounds alomst 200. [1435.7]
- March 5
- An expedition aboard SA Agulhas II locates Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance 3008m underwater off Antarctica, which sunk in the Weddell Sea in 1915. The Endurance22 expedition was led by Dr. John Shears, with a team of 64 people, and crew of 46. [1525.30] (March 2 [1460.22])
- March 9
- India accidentally fires a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from northern India to 124km inside Pakistan, injuring no one. [1532.27]
- Presidential election in the Republic of Korea. Yoon Suk-yeol of the People's Power Party beats Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Minjoo party by 263,000 votes, closest presidential election in Korea's history. [1515.35] [1525.29] [1533.12] [1534.10]
- Ukraine makes formal application for membership in the European Union. [1435.7]
- March 10
- Georgia makes application for membership in the European Union. [1435.7]
- March 11
- Gabriel Boric is sworn in as president of Chile. [1525.26]
- March 13
- Chinese health authorities put the 17.5 million residents of Shenzhen city in Guangdong province into lockdown for at least a week, due to an outbreak of Covid-19. [1533.10]
- Container ship Ever Forward runs aground in Chesapeake Bay. [1533.14]
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards fires 12 cruise missiles at the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq. [1514.42] [1525.5]
- March 14
- Chinese health authorities put 24 million residents of Jilin province into lockdown due to an outbreak of Covid-19. [1533.10]
- March 15
- US astronaut Mark Vande Hei breaks the US single spaceflight record of 340 days in space. [1525.4]
- March 16
- Russia is expelled from the Council of Europe. [1532.8]
- 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Japan. Over 2 million people in Tokyo and nearby areas lose power. [1533.12]
- March 21
- China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 airliner crashes in southern Guangxi, killing all 132 passengers. [1510.34]
- Britain announces it will build a new generation of nuclear reactors as soon as possible. [1530.9]
- Bombardier CRJ-200ER from Kunming to Guangzhou crashes into mountains in Wuzhou, People's Republic of China. All 132 passengers and crew die. [1538.20]
- March 28
- Shanghai city authorities of the People's Republic of China begin a lockdown of the entire city to combat a COVID-19 virus outbreak. [1510.32] [1532.29]
- Buffalo, New York, announces it will contribute US$850 million toward building a stadium for the Buffalo Bills. Largest ever taxpayer contribution for a professional football facility in the USA. [1538.10]
- In Abuja, Nigeria, a train with 400 passengers and guards is bombed, then fired on by gunmen, killing 8, injuring 25, kidnapping over 140 others. [1510.37] [1625.7]
- March 29
- In Mykolaiv, Ukraine, a Russian cruise missile strikes the regional administrative centre, killing 38 people. [1655.25]
- January-March
- USA change in gross domestic production: -1.6%. [1708.7]
- April 1
- Shanghai, People's Republic of China, east side lockdowm lifted. West side lockdown commences. [1510.51] [1532.29]
- April 2
- First cease-fire since 2016 between Houthi rebels in Yemen and Saudi Arabia coalition. [1535.39]
- April 3
- All 25 ministers of the Sri Lanka government below President and Prime Minister resign. [1556.9]
- In Hungary general elections, Fidesz party led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban wins 53 percent of votes, and two-thirds of seats in parliament. United for Hungary alliance wins 35 percent of votes. [1510.39] [1527.19] [1532.9,41] [1539.17]
- April 5
- Complete Shanghai lockdown indefinitely in the People's Republic of China. [1532.29]
- April 8
- SpaceX flight to the International Space Station carries three paying passengers who paid US$55 million each for a stay of more than a week. [1539.6]
- April 10
- Presidential election in France. Emmanuel Macron 27.9%, Marine Le Pen 23.2%, Jean-Luc Mélenchon 22%. [1535.13]
- April 11
- Shehbaz Sharif is sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan. [1535.13] [1559.7]
- Referendum in Mexico, over 90 percent of voters indicate the President should stay in office rather than step down. [1539.16]
- April 12
- The finance minister of Sri Lanka announces the country will suspend interest payments on US$35 billion in foreign debt. [1535.32] [1567.35]
- In New York City, USA, a man on a train pulling into a Brooklyn subway station sets off a smoke canister and shoots ten people. [1535.25]
- April 18
- The US government announces a unilateral moratorium on antisatellite missile tests. [1565.12]
- April 19
- Death of Kane Tanaka at age 119 in Japan; oldest living person. [1565.6]
- April 23
- The Democratic Republic of Congo declares an Ebola outbreak. [1565.9]
- April 24
- Run-off presidential election in France, won by Emmanuel Macron with 58.5 percent of votes over Marine le Pen with 41.5 percent. [1515.11] [1532.7] [1536.7,11] [1625.11]
- General election in Slovenia, won by Robert Golob, over prime minister Janez Jansa. [1654.54]
- May 7
- An outbreak of monkeypox begins, first reported in London, England. [1734.21]
- Great Britain reports its first case of Monkeypox. [1622.70]
- Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa decrees the country's bank should cease lending indefinately. [1567.43]
- May 8
- John Lee is elected Chief Executive of Hong Kong. [1553.13]
- Jo Schoonbroodt of Maastricht, Netherlands, age 71, completes running a marathon race in a time of 2 hours 54 minutes 19 seconds, to become the fastest septuagenarian in history. [1648.26]
- May 9
- Andy Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn sells at auction for US$195 million. [1553.13]
- Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka resigns. [1567.35]
- Presidential election in the Philippines is won by Ferdinand Marcos junior, son of previous president of the same name. [1568.31] (May 10 [1553.13])
- May 10
- Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is locked down due to an outbreak of Covid-19. [1567.36]
- May 13
- The government of India imposes an export ban on wheat. [1545.19]
- May 14
- The 66th Eurovision Song Contest is won by the Kalush Orchestra of Ukraine. [1590.18]
- The rulers of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates unanimously chose Muhammad bin Zayed as president. [1622.43]
- May 15
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is elected new president of Somalia. [1590.16]
- May 16
- McDonald's announces it is closing and selling close to 850 locations in Russia. [1590.18]
- May 17
- According to Johns Hopkins University, the Covid-19 death toll in America reaches 1 million. [1590.16]
- May 18
- Finland and Sweden submit applications to join NATO. [1545.12]
- May 21
- General election in Australia, won by Labor Party and new prime minister Anthony Albanese. [1622.31]
- May 23
- Argentina, Austria, and Denmark report confirmation of their first cases of Monkeypox. [1622.70]
- Anthony Albanese is sworn in as 31st prime minister of Australia. [1558.7]
- May 29
- Presidential election in Colombia; Gustavo Petro receives 40% of votes, Rodolfo Hernández receives 28%. [1591.12]
- At BEXCO Centre in Busan, Republic of Korea, finals of Mid-Season Invitational e-sports tournament held. Royal Never Give Up of People's Republic of China defeats T1 of the Republic of Korea in League of Legends. [1591.32]
- May 31
- Israel and the United Arab Emirates conclude a free-trade agreement. [1624.13]
- May (month)
- Consumer price inflation in the European Union: 8.1%. [1631.4]
- Great Britain annual inflation rate: 9.1%. [1654.9] [1666.9] [1675.7]
- US consumer-price index: 8.6%. [1650.8] [1651.9]
- June 1
- Robert Golob is sworn in as prime minister of Slovenia. [1654.54]
- June 4
- At the BM Inland Container Depot in Sitakunda, near Chittagong port in Bangladesh, a fire breaks out, eventually leading to an explosion of containers on 850 tonnes of hydrogen peroxide, killing over 40 people, injuring over 300. [1623.38] [1628.7]
- June 9
- The LIV golf tour has its inaugural event near London, England. 54 holes over 3 days. [1654.50]
- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is sworn in as president of Somalia. [1591.41]
- June 13
- A nearly 300kg giant stingray is caught (tagged and released) by a Cambodian fisherman in the Mekong River. Largest freshwater fish ever caught. [1654.38]
- June 14
- New York's highest court rules an elephant is not legally considered a person. [1645.16]
- June 19
- Colombia presidential runoff election won by Gustavo Petro with 50.47% over Rodolfo Hernández with 47.27%. [1630.4] [1645.18] [1654.33]
- Hong Kong's floating restaurant Jumbo Kingdom sinks in the South China Sea while being towed. [1645.17] (June 18 [1654.46])
- FINA, the world swimming governing body, votes to bar transgenger women from women's events. [1630.4]
- June 20
- International Swimming Federation gender inclusion policy goes into effect, allowing only people who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women's events. [1645.16]
- In New York City, Heritage Auctions sells the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize gold medal presented to Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov for US$103.5 million, with proceeds going to help Ukrainian child refugees. [1621.1] [1645.17]
- June 21
- 29 Chinese military aircraft enter Taiwan's air-defence zone. Taiwan jets chase them away. [1654.46]
- June 22
- Earthquake measuring 5.9 magnitude strikes Afghanistan's eastern provinces of Khost and Paktika, killing over 1000 people. [1645.18] [1654.40]
- June 24
- The US Supreme Court overturns the 1973 decision in Roe v Wade which considered abortion a right protected by the Constitution. The overturning decision moves the regulation of legality of abortions back to the individual states. [1646.21]
- June 27
- In San Antonio, Texas, USA, an abandoned truck is found to contain 46 dead people (7 more die later), smuggled in from Mexico. [1646.25]
- June 28
- Leaders of Japan and the Republic of Korea attend their first NATO summit, as observers. [1645.18]
- June 30
- Ferdinand Marcos Junior is sworn in as president of the Philippines. [1646.35]
- June (month)
- Consumer price inflation in the European Union: 8.6%, highest since records began in 1997. [1631.4] [1653.8]
- Annual inflation rate in Turkey: 78.6%. [1653.8]
- Annual inflation rate in the Republic of Korea: 6%, highest since 1998. [1653.8]
- USA annual consumer price index: 9.1%. [1651.9] [1705.8] [1708.7] [1849.8]
- Great Britain annual inflation rate: 9.4%. [1666.9] [1675.7]
- April-June
- Gross domestic product change in Germany: +0.3%. [1685.10]
- Gross domestic product change in USA: -0.9%. [1708.7]
- People's Republic of China annual GDP: 0.4%. [1675.7]
- July 1
- Yair Lapid beomes prime minister of Israel. [1653.40]
- July 7
- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the ruling Conservative Party. Johnson will remain prime minister until his replacement is chosen, likely by September 5. [1647.25] [1655.12] [1658.22]
- July 8
- In Nara, Japan, Tetsuya Yamagami shoots and kills former prime minister Shinzo Abe. [1647.25] [1655.30]
- July 9
- Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the official presidential palace as tens of thousands of angry Sri Lankans chase him from office. [1651.36]
- July 12
- The US military makes a drone strike in Syria, killing Maher al-Agal, a leader of the Islamic State group. [1658.22]
- July 13
- Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves the country by miliatry jet, headed for Malé, Maldives. [1651.36] [1658.15]
- July 14
- Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in Singapore, tenders his resignation by email. [1675.32]
- July 18
- At the Farnborough air show, British government business secretary Kwasi Kearteng announces Project Skyway, a 265km drone superhighway connecting six British cities. [1675.55]
- July 20
- Sri Lanka parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as new President. [1675.32]
- July 21
- In Rome, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigns his government. [1675.45]
- Death of An An at age 35 at a theme park in Hong Kong; oldest male giant panda under human care. [1664.6]
- July 23
- The World Health Organization declares Monkeypox a global health emergency. At the time of the declaration, there are 16,000 cases in 75 countries. [1664.12]
- July 31
- Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri at age 71 by American drone in Kabul, Afghanistan; Egyptian physician, leader of al-Qaeda. [1688.21]
- July (month)
- United Kingdom yearly inflation rate: 10.1%. [1672.8] [1683.9]
- USA annual consumer price index: 8.5%. [1672.66] [1705.8] [1708.7]
- August 1
- A US drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan kills al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. [1667.4]
- August 7
- Gustavo Petro is sworn in as president of Colombia. [1708.25]
- August 9
- Presidential election in Kenya, won narrowly by William Ruto over Raila Odinga. [1659.5]
- August 15
- In Kenya, William Ruto is declared winner of national vote for president of the country. [1699.7]
- August 24
- General election in Angola, won by ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (51%) over the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (44%). [1706.10]
- August 31
- Avril Lavigne receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [1709.8]
- August (month)
- USA annual consumer price index: 8.3%. [1705.8]
- UK annual consumer price index: 9.9%. [1705.8]
- Euro zone yearly inflation: 9.1%. [1660.8]
- September 1
- Lockdown imposed on city of Chengdu, in province of Sichuan, People's Republic of China, to contain an outbreak of Covid-19. [1703.7]
- September 2
- At the 2022 U.S. Open tennis championship, Serena Williams plays her final professional game, against Ajla Tomljanovic, who won in three sets. [1709.7]
- September 4
- In Chile, citizens vote 62-38 percent to reject a new constitution. [1699.4] [1706.31] [1731.16]
- September 5
- Earthquake with magnitude 6.8 strikes Chengdu, People's Republic of China, killing over 70 people. [1703.7] [1706.41]
- September 6
- Liz Truss becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [1699.8]
- September 8
- Death of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor AKA Queen Elizabeth II at age 96 in Balmoral Castle, Scotland; sovereign leader of 15 nations, head of Commonwealth of over 50 nations. [1705.7] [1731.36]
- Prince Charles is proclaimed King Charles III of the United Kingdom and of the 14 countries where the monarch is head of state. [1705.7]
- September 11
- In Sweden, a general election is held. Center-right and far-right parties win 176 seats; center-left coalition wins 173 seats. [1698.5]
- September 13
- Fighting breaks out on the disputed border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, with artillery barrages and drone attacks, resulting in about 100 soldiers killed. [1731.16]
- September 17
- The name of the capital city of Kazakhstan is changed from Nur-Sultan to Astana, the name it previously had from 1998 until 2019. The city is the Guinness World Record holder for having most name-changes. [1681.29]
- September 23
- In London, England, Roger Federer plays the last tennis match of his professional career, at the Laver Cup. Federer and Rafael Nadal played a doubles match against Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. [1707.7]
- September 25
- General election in Italy. A coalition led by Giorgia Meloni and the Brothers of Italy party wins 237 seats of the 400-seat Chamber of Deputies. [1681.42]
- September 30
- Military coup in Burkina Faso, led by army captain Ibrahim Traoré. [1697.20]
- Russia annexes the former Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. [1697.15]
- September (month)
- Annual inflation in the USA: 8.2%. [1689.15]
- Annual inflation in Netherlands: 14.5%. [1686.12]
- Annual inflation in Turkey: 83%. [1686.12]
- United Kingdom yearly inflation rate: 10.1%. [1683.9]
- July-September
- Japan gross domestic product change: -0.3% compared to previous quarter. [1689.9]
- United Kingdom gross domestic product change: -0.2% compared to previous quarter. [1689.9]
- Finland gross domestic product change: -0.13% compared to previous quarter. [1755.6]
- October 1
- A stampede at a soccer game in Indonesia leads to over 120 deaths. [1678.8]
- October 2
- Presidential election in Brazil: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 48%, Jair Bolsonaro 43%. Runoff election to be held October 30. [1510.26] [1686.35] [1697.21]
- October 3
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announces Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo is the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins. [1697.8]
- October 6
- At the Child Development Center Uthai Sawan in Thailand, Panya Kamrap kills 36 people using a handgun and knife, then kills his wife, child, and himself. [1678.11] [1692.23]
- October 7
- The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Ales Bialiatski (Belarus human rights advocate), Memorial group (Russian), and Center for Civil Liberties (Ukrainian). [1678.11]
- October 22
- Giorgia Meloni is sworn in as prime minister of Italy. [1684.13]
- October 23
- The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China endorses Xi Jinping and his team to rule the country for the next five years. [1684.13,68] [1687.17]
- October 24
- In Bangladesh, cyclone Sitrang makes landfall, killing 28 people, destroying thousands of homes, and leaving millions of people without electricity. [1684.9]
- October 25
- Rishi Sunak is sworn in as prime minister of the United Kingdom. [1684.16,52]
- In California, USA, the Dixie Fire, which started in Butte County on July 13, 2021, is contained. 390,000 hectares was burned, largest wildfire in California history. [1722.10]
- October 27
- Elon Musk completes purchase of social media company Twitter, for US$44 billion. [1685.61]
- October 29
- In Seoul, Republic of Korea, 130,000 people attend evening Halloween festivities. 150 people are unexpectedly crushed to death. [1685.38] [1717.22] [1860.16]
- October 30
- A river bridge in Morbi in Gujarat state in India, killing 135 people. [1685.38]
- Presidential runoff election in Brazil: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 50.9%, Jair Bolsonaro 49.1%. [1685.14]
- October (month)
- Yearly inflation in the euro zone: 10.7%. [1685.10]
- Yearly inflation in Germany: 11.6%. [1685.10]
- Annual inflation rate in the USA: 7.7%. [1689.9] [1719.10]
- Annual inflation in the United Kingdom: 11.1%. [1689.9]
- November 5
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Lionel Ritchie, Pat Benetar, Neil Giraldo, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, and Carly Simon. [1690.11]
- November 8
- In the USA, the Powerball lottery is won, $2.04 billion. [1732.10]
- November 15
- The human population is estimated to have exceeded 8 billion. [1735.17]
- November 16
- NASA launches the unmanned Space Launch System, destined for the Moon. [1689.73]
- November 18
- In Mumbai, India, Skyroot Aerospace launches a rocket 90km toward space, as a test. First such test for a private company in India. [1714.53]
- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea makes first test launch of Hwasong-17 missile, capable of hitting anywhere in continental USA. [1734.21]
- November 23
- Over 30,000 cases of Covid-19 are recorded in the People's Republic of China, a one-day record. [1714.9]
- November (month)
- Annual inflation rate in the USA: 7.1%. [1719.10]
- Annual inflation rate in the United Kingdom: 10.7%. [1719.10]
- Annual inflation in eurozone: 10%. [1715.11]
- December 24
- In Fiji, Sitiveni is sworn in as prime minister. [1720.25]
- December 29
- New government takes office in Israel, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. [1748.25]
- December 31
- Population of the People's Republic of China: 1.412 billion people, 850,000 less than one year ago. First shrinking of the population since 1962. [1758.34]
- December (month)
- Eurozone annual inflation: 9.2%. [1745.8] [1758.8]
- United Kingdom annual inflation: 10.5%. [1758.8] [1759.8]
- USA annual inflation: 6.5%. [1758.8] [1759.8]
- October-December
- Sweden GDP: -0.9% compared to previous quarter. [1755.6]
- Finland GDP: -0.6% compared to previous quarter. [1755.6]
- Annual GDP growth in Japan: 0.6%. [1759.8]
- Year
- Annual GDP growth in Japan: 1.1%. [1759.8]
- People's Republic of China annual GDP growth: 3%. [1758.8]
2023
- January 1
- The euro becomes the official currency of Croatia. Croatia is the 20th member of the euro zone. [1720.6] [1744.5]
- January 17
- Death of Sister André AKA Lucile Randon at age 118 in Toulon, France; French nun, world's oldest known person. [1710.7] [1749.17] [1751.24]
- January 18
- In Kyiv, Ukraine, a helicopter crashes, killing all nine on board and at least five on the ground. Included in the dead on board is Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky. [1751.25] [1758.47]
- January 19
- New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern announces she will step down by February 7. [1751.24]
- January 31
- Boeing delivers the final 747 jumbo jet, making total production 1574. [1748.13]
- January (month)
- Eurozone annual inflation 8.5%. [1745.8] [1755.6]
- Annual inflation in USA: 6.4%. [1759.8]
- Annual inflation in UK: 10.1%. [1759.8] [1799.6] [1824.6]
- Annual inflation in Canada: 5.9%. [1799.6]
- February 1
- Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passes by Earth; last passing was 50,000 years ago. [1748.13]
- February 4
- An American F-22 fighter jet shoots down a PRoChina balloon at 60,000 feet off the coast of South Carolina that floated across the country. [1747.10] [1761.16] [1771.4]
- February 6
- 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Gaziantep in southern Turkey and northern Syria, soon followed by a magnitude 7.5 aftershock near Elbistan. Worst in Turkey history. Over 5600 buildings collapse. Deaths in Turkey: 41,000, Syria: 5,800. [1747.8] [1750.26] [1759.47] [1761.6] [1773.11]
- February 15
- Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon of Scotland announces she is resigning. [1759.51] [1773.17]
- February (month)
- Annual inflation rate in the eurozone: 8.5%. [1755.6] [1777.7]
- Annual inflation in the USA: 6%. [1798.8]
- Annual inflation in the United Kingdom: 10.4%. [1799.6]
- Annual inflation in Canada: 5.2%. [1799.6]
- Annual inflation in Argentina: 102.5%. [1798.8]
- March 5
- General election in Estonia. Reform Party led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas 31% of votes and 37 seats of 101, EKRE 16% and 17 seats, Centre Party 15% and 16 seats. [1765.41]
- March 9
- In California, USA, Silicon Valley Bank sees withdrawals of $42 billion in a single day. [1798.9]
- March 11
- The PRoChina's parliament approves of Li Qiang's appointment by President Xi Jinping as prime minister. [1798.33]
- March 13
- The leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the USA announce a joint nuclear submarine pact. Britain and Australia will co-design and build a next-generation submarine for the 2040s, America and Britain will station some of their submarines in Perth in the 2020s, and America will sell up to five Virginia-class submarines to Australia in the 2030s. [1798.11]
- March 19
- Swiss banking firm UBS acquires failed Credit Suisse at a value of about 3 billion francs, despite book value of 42 billion francs. [1799.62]
- March 24
- A tornado with winds of 166mph hits Rolling Fork, Mississippi, killing 25 people. [1797.25]
- March 29
- In Scotland, the Scottish National Party elects Humza Yousaf as leader and new prime minister of the country. [1800.44]
- March (month)
- Annual inflation rate in Great Britain: 10.1%. [1776.6]
- Annual inflation in the USA: 5%. [1801.8]
- Annual inflation rate in the eurozone: 6.9%. [1777.7]
- January-March
- Annual GDP in PRoChina: 4.5%. [1776.6]
- Change in GDP in the eurozone over the previous quarter: -0.1%. [1806.4]
- Change in GDP in the United Kingdom over the previous quarter: 0.1%. [1802.8]
- April 2
- Election in Montenegro, won by Jakov Milatovic over Milo Djukanovic. [1777.44]
- April
- The Koller auction house in Zurich, Switzerland sells a composite of three Tyrannosaurus Rex specimens for US$6.1 million. [1802.12]
- April 30
- Presidential election in Paraguay, won by Santiago Peña of the Colorado Party. [1774.27]
- April (month)
- Annual inflation rate in Turkey: 40%. [1811.11]
- Annual inflation in the United Kingdom: 8.7%. [1789.9] [1824.6]
- Annual inflation in the USA: 4.9%. [1790.6]
- May 1
- In the USA, First Republic Bank becomes the second-biggest retail-bank failure in the US, with JP Morgan Chase taking over most of the bank, and the Federal Deopsit Insurance Corporation expecting to lose $13 billion. [1774.11] [1788.15]
- May 2
- About 11,500 film and television writers of the Writers Guild of America go on strike in the USA; previous strike was 15 years ago. [1788.12]
- May 3
- The World Health Organization downgrades Covid-19's alert status. [1808.4]
- May 5
- The World Health Organization declares an end to the Covid-19 public-health emergency. An estimated 21.5 million people died worldwide due to covid. [1789.77] [1808.4]
- May 6
- In Westminster Abbey, in London, England, Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is crowned King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. At age 74, the king is the oldest person to accede to the throne. [1780.38] [1788.32] [1815.14]
- Vietnam reports a record high temperature of 44.1 degrees C indoors at Hoi Xuan station in Thanh Hoa province. [1808.7]
- Laos reports a record high temperature of 43.5 degrees C in Luang Prabang. [1808.7]
- May 7
- The Arab League agrees to re-admit Syria to the group. Syria had been suspended since 2011. [1790.47]
- May 8
- An uncrewed PRoChinese spacecraft touches down at a spaceport in the Gobi desert. The secret mission was launched nine months earlier. [1802.36]
- May 11
- In the USA, the Biden Administration ends the public-health emergency declaration due to the Covid-19 virus. Over 1.1 million Americans died from Covid-related causes. [1774.21]
- May 14
- Presidential election in Turkey. The bloc of parties supporting current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins 49.5% of seats, supporters of Kemal Kilicdaroglu win 44.9%, the National Alliance wins 35%, and the alliance led by the Peoples' Democratic Party wins 10.6%. A run-off election will be help May 28. [1802.45]
- May 17
- The board of the International Monetary Fund signs off on a US$3 billion bail-out of loans and grants to Ghana. [1802.10]
- President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador dissolves the National Assembly. New elections to parliament and the presidency will take place within 97 days. [1802.30]
- May 28
- Turkey presidential runoff won by incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (52%) against competitor Kemal Kilicdaroglu (48%). [1811.11] [1816.15]
- May (month)
- Annual inflation rate in the USA: 4%. [1823.7]
- Annual inflation in the United Kingdom: 8.7%. [1824.6]
- June 2
- Train crash in Odisha state, India, kills 288 people, and injures a further 1100. A signal failure caused the Coromandel Express train carrying 1000 passengers to switch from the main line to a line containing a stationary freight train loaded with iron ore, and in the collision the express train derailed and flipped onto another rail line and derailed an oncoming Howrh superfast express train. [1807.22] [1812.33]
- June 18
- The Titan submersible of OceanGate Expeditions implodes underwater while on an expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic. All five passengers are killed. [1817.30] [1819.11]
- June 25
- Presidential election in Guatemala: Sandra Torres 16%, Bernardo Arévalo 12%. Runoff election to be held in August. [1848.25]
- General election in Greece. New Democracy takes 40.6% of the vote to win a second four-year term. [1848.42]
- June 27
- In Sierra Leone, the electoral commission declares incumbent president Julius Maada Bio winner of the presidential election with 56% of the vote. [1848.37]
- June 28
- The Republic of Korea abandons its age-counting system that considers people to be age 1 at birth. [1819.11]
- June (month)
- Annual inflation rate in USA: 3%. [1849.8]
- Annual inflation rate in PRoChina: 0%. [1849.8]
- July 20
- Death of Rachid Sfar at age 89; Prime Minister of Tunisia (1986-1987). [1845.7]
- July 23
- General election in Spain: PP (conservatives) 136 seats, PSOE (socialist) 122, Vox 33, Sumar coalition 31, others 1-7 seats each. [1825.11]
- July 26
- Death of Jean-Jacques Honorat at age 92; Prime Minister of Haiti (1991-1992). [1845.7]
- August 8
- A firestorm rages through the town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, killing 100, burning 1000 structures. [1866.39]
- August 9
- Death of Fernando Villavicencio at age 59 assassinated in Ecuador; politician (presidential candidate). [1857.15]
- August 20
- Presidential runoff election in Guatemala won by Bernardo Arévalo. [1858.28]
- Tropical Storm Hillary makes landfall in Southern California, first in 84 years. [1853.23]
- 5.1-magnitude earthquake strikes near Ojai, California. [1853.23]
- August 22
- In Thailand, the Pheu Thai political party, forms a coalition government, with Srettha Thavisin as prime minister. [1850.30]
- Death of Le Van Thanh at age 60; deputy prime minister of Vietnam. [1846.7]
- August 23
- Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin at age 62 in a plane crash; Russian founder of the Wagner mercenary group. [1846.7]
- August 25
- Twelve people are killed and about 80 injured in Mahamasina, Madagascar, as the sports stadium opens for the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games. [1846.7]
- September 8
- 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits Morocco, in the Atlas Mountains near Marrakesh. About 2800 killed and 2500 injured. [1847.7] [1864.24]
- September 9
- Death of Mangosuthu Buthelezi at age 95; Zulu prince, South African politician. [1847.7]
- October 7
- Hamas of Palestine, from the Gaza Strip, launches attacks on Israel by boats, paragliders, pickup trucks, and launching over 2000 missiles, killing over 1400 people and taking hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the nation is at war. [1859.12] [1860.8] [1862.21]
- October 27
- Category 5 Hurricane Otis strikes Acapulco, Mexico, killing 45 people. [1860.13]
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