On January 22
No pivotal events are recorded on exactly January 22 in the Human Saga — here is the surrounding week in history.
This week in history (Jan 19 – Jan 25)
On 23 January 1556, a catastrophic earthquake of an estimated magnitude around 8.0 struck Huaxian (modern Huazhou) in the Wei River Valley of Shaanxi province during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty, earning it the name…
Beginning with Abu Muslim raising the black banners of the Hashimiyya movement in Khurasan in 747, the Abbasid Revolution channelled discontent among non-Arab Muslims (mawali), Shi'a sympathisers and easterners against Umayyad rule.
On 23 January 1565 a coalition of the Deccan sultanates of Bijapur, Ahmadnagar, Bidar and Golconda decisively defeated the army of the Vijayanagara Empire at Talikota (Rakshasi-Tangadi) in northern Karnataka.