September 22

Pre-1600

 * 904 – The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.
 * 1236 – The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.
 * 1499 – The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War.
 * 1586 – The Battle of Zutphen is a Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.

1601–1900

 * 1692 – The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials; others are all eventually released.
 * 1711 – The first attacks of the Tuscarora War begin in present-day North Carolina.
 * 1761 – George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
 * 1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
 * 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
 * 1789  – Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
 * 1792 – Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
 * 1823 – Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
 * 1857 – The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
 * 1862 – A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.
 * 1866 – The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
 * 1885 – Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
 * 1891 – The first hydropower plant of Finland is commissioned along the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, Pirkanmaa.
 * 1892 – A locomotive shunting falls into a hole in the ground, leading to the burial of the locomotive.
 * 1896 – Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.

1901–present

 * 1910 – The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
 * 1914 – A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1,500 sailors.
 * 1919 – The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
 * 1934 – The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
 * 1939 – World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
 * 1941 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
 * 1948 – Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
 * 1948  – Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
 * 1953 – The Four Level Interchange, first stack interchange in the world opened in Los Angeles.
 * 1957 – In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
 * 1960 – The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
 * 1965 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire.
 * 1966 – Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton, Queensland, Australia.
 * 1975 – Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
 * 1979 – A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
 * 1980 – Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year Iran–Iraq War.
 * 1981 – During a military exercise, a Turkish Air Force Northrop F-5 crashes in Babaeski as a result of pilot error, killing one crew member and also 65 soldiers on the ground.
 * 1991 – The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
 * 1993 – A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
 * 1993  – A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
 * 1995 – An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
 * 1995  – The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
 * 2006 – Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen, Germany.
 * 2013 – At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Pre-1600

 * 1013 – Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary (d. 1075)
 * 1211 – Ibn Khallikan, Iraqi scholar and judge (d. 1282)
 * 1373 – Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (d. 1400)
 * 1515 – Anne of Cleves, Queen consort of England (d. 1557)
 * 1547 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet (d. 1590)
 * 1593 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss-German engraver and cartographer (d. 1650)

1601–1900

 * 1601 – Anne of Austria, Queen and regent of France (d. 1666)
 * 1606 – Li Zicheng, Chinese emperor (d. 1645)
 * 1680 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
 * 1694 – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1773)
 * 1715 – Jean-Étienne Guettard, French mineralogist and botanist (d. 1786)
 * 1741 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (d. 1811)
 * 1743 – Quintin Craufurd, Scottish author (d. 1819)
 * 1762 – Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author (d. 1850)
 * 1765 – Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1822)
 * 1788 – Theodore Hook, English composer and educator (d. 1841)
 * 1791 – Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (d. 1867)
 * 1806 – Bernardino António Gomes, Portuguese physician and naturalist (d. 1877)
 * 1819 – Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian and academic (d. 1897)
 * 1829 – Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)
 * 1833 – Stephen D. Lee, American general and academic (d. 1908)
 * 1835 – Alexander Potebnja, Ukrainian linguist and philosopher (d. 1891)
 * 1841 – Andrejs Pumpurs, Latvian soldier and poet (d. 1902)
 * 1862 – Anastasios Charalambis, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1949)
 * 1868 – Louise McKinney, Canadian educator and politician (d. 1931)
 * 1870 – Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (d. 1966)
 * 1870  – Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1942)
 * 1875 – Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer (d. 1911)
 * 1876 – André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 67th Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
 * 1878 – Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1967)
 * 1880 – Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (d. 1958)
 * 1882 – Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (d. 1946)
 * 1883 – Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (d. 1932)
 * 1883  – Frank George Woollard, English engineer (d. 1957)
 * 1885 – Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, designed the Stockholm Public Library (d. 1940)
 * 1885  – Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)
 * 1885  – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1957)
 * 1887 – Bhaurao Patil, Indian educator and activist (d. 1959)
 * 1889 – Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (d. 1963)
 * 1891 – Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (d. 1978)
 * 1892 – Billy West, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1975)
 * 1894 – Elisabeth Rethberg, German soprano (d. 1976)
 * 1895 – Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (d. 1967)
 * 1896 – Uri Zvi Greenberg, Ukrainian-Israeli poet and journalist (d. 1981)
 * 1896  – Henry Segrave, American-English race car driver (d. 1930)
 * 1899 – Elsie Allen, Native American Pomo basket weaver (d. 1990)
 * 1900 – Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and engineer (d. 1985)
 * 1900  – William Spratling, American-Mexican silversmith and educator (d. 1967)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin (d. 1932)
 * 1901  – Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
 * 1902 – John Houseman, Romanian-American actor and producer (d. 1988)
 * 1905 – Haakon Lie, Norwegian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
 * 1905  – Eugen Sänger, Czech-Austrian engineer (d. 1964)
 * 1906 – Ilse Koch, German war criminal (d. 1967)
 * 1907 – Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author (d. 2003)
 * 1907  – Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (d. 1981)
 * 1907  – Hermann Schlichting, German engineer and academic (d. 1982)
 * 1908 – Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
 * 1909 – John Engstead, American photographer and journalist (d. 1983)
 * 1909  – Allan Lane, American actor (d. 1973)
 * 1910 – György Faludy, Hungarian poet and author (d. 2006)
 * 1912 – Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic (d. 2011)
 * 1912  – Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003)
 * 1913 – Lillian Chestney, American painter and illustrator (d. 2000)
 * 1915 – Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2012)
 * 1918 – Hans Scholl, German activist (d. 1943)
 * 1918  – Henryk Szeryng, Mexican violinist and educator (d. 1988)
 * 1920 – Eric Baker, English activist, co-founded Amnesty International (d. 1976)
 * 1920  – Anders Lassen, Danish-English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1945)
 * 1920  – Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (d. 2000)
 * 1920  – William H. Riker, American political scientist and academic (d. 1993)
 * 1921 – Will Elder, American illustrator (d. 2008)
 * 1922 – David Sive, American environmentalist and lawyer (d. 2014)
 * 1923 – Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (d. 2014)
 * 1924 – Bernard Gauthier, French cyclist (d. 2018)
 * 1924  – Charles Keeping, English author and illustrator (d. 1988)
 * 1924  – Rosamunde Pilcher, English author (d. 2019)
 * 1924  – Charles Waterhouse, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2013)
 * 1924  – J. William Middendorf, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of the Navy
 * 1924  – Ray Wetzel, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1951)
 * 1925 – Virginia Capers, American actress and singer (d. 2004)
 * 1925  – Leila Hadley, American author (d. 2009)
 * 1926 – Bill Smith, American clarinet player and composer (d. 2020)
 * 1927 – Gordon Astall, English footballer and coach (d. 2020)
 * 1927  – Tommy Lasorda, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2021)
 * 1928 – Eric Broadley, English engineer and businessman, founded Lola Cars (d. 2017)
 * 1928  – James Lawson, American activist, author, and academic
 * 1928  – Eugene Roche, American actor (d. 2004)
 * 1928  – Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (d. 2001)
 * 1928  – Vitthalrao Gadgil, Indian politician (d. 2001)
 * 1929 – Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (d. 1986)
 * 1929  – Carlo Ubbiali, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2020)
 * 1930 – Joni James, American singer (d. 2022)
 * 1930  – T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (d. 2016)
 * 1931 – Fay Weldon, English author and playwright (d. 2023)
 * 1931  – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (d. 2003)
 * 1932 – Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (d. 2010)
 * 1932  – Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (d. 2009)
 * 1933 – Leonardo Balada, Spanish-American composer and educator
 * 1933  – T. Cullen Davis, American businessman
 * 1933  – Carmelo Simeone, Italian-Argentinian footballer (d. 2014)
 * 1933  – Jesco von Puttkamer, German-American engineer (d. 2012)
 * 1934 – Jack McGregor, American captain, lawyer, and politician
 * 1934  – Lute Olson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)
 * 1934  – T. Somasekaram, Sri Lankan geographer and politician, 37th Surveyor General of Sri Lanka (d. 2010)
 * 1936 – Maurice Evans, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
 * 1936  – Robin Gammell, Canadian actor
 * 1937 – Don Rutherford, English rugby player (d. 2016)
 * 1938 – Gene Mingo, American football player
 * 1939 – Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian economist and engineer (d. 2012)
 * 1939  – Deborah Lavin, South African-English historian and academic
 * 1939  – Gilbert E. Patterson, American bishop (d. 2007)
 * 1939  – Marlena Shaw, American jazz singer (d. 2024)
 * 1939  – Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (d. 2016)
 * 1940 – Anna Karina, Danish-French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
 * 1941 – Jeremiah Wright, American pastor and theologian
 * 1942 – Ole Anderson, American wrestler (d. 2024)
 * 1942  – Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (d. 2014)
 * 1942  – Rubén Salazar Gómez, Colombian cardinal
 * 1942  – David Stern, American lawyer and businessman, 4th Commissioner of the NBA (d. 2020)
 * 1943 – Toni Basil, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
 * 1943  – Barry Cable, Australian footballer and coach
 * 1943  – Paul Hoffert, American keyboard player, composer, and academic
 * 1944 – Brian Gibson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
 * 1945 – Paul Le Mat, American actor
 * 1946 – King Sunny Adé, Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1946  – Larry Dierker, American baseball player and manager
 * 1947 – Jo Beverley, English-Canadian author (d. 2016)
 * 1947  – David Drewry, English glaciologist and geophysicist
 * 1947  – Norma McCorvey, American activist (d. 2017)
 * 1947  – Robert Morace, American author and academic
 * 1948 – Denis Burke, Australian soldier and politician, 6th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
 * 1948  – Mark Phillips, English equestrian, trainer, and journalist
 * 1949 – Harold Carmichael, American football player
 * 1949  – James Cartwright, American general
 * 1949  – Jim McGinty, Australian lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Western Australia
 * 1951 – David Coverdale, English singer-songwriter
 * 1951  – Mike Graham, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2012)
 * 1951  – Doug Somers, American wrestler (d. 2017)
 * 1952 – Bob Goodlatte, American lawyer and politician
 * 1952  – Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Thai political scientist and politician, 15th Governor of Bangkok
 * 1952  – Américo Rocca, Mexican wrestler
 * 1953 – Richard Fairbrass, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer
 * 1953  – Ségolène Royal, French politician
 * 1955 – Jeffrey Leonard, American baseball player and coach
 * 1956 – Debby Boone, American singer, actress, and author
 * 1956  – Doug Wimbish, American singer-songwriter and bass player
 * 1956  – Ibrahim Shema, Nigerian lawyer, politician
 * 1957 – Steve Carney, English footballer (d. 2013)
 * 1957  – Nick Cave, Australian singer-songwriter, author, and actor
 * 1957  – Mark Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach
 * 1957  – Johnette Napolitano, American singer-songwriter and bass player
 * 1957  – Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist and manager
 * 1958 – Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1958  – Beth Catlin, American autistic savant
 * 1958  – Neil Cavuto, American journalist and author
 * 1958  – Joan Jett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
 * 1959 – Tai Babilonia, American figure skater and talk show host
 * 1959  – Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
 * 1960 – Scott Baio, American actor
 * 1961 – Vince Coleman, American baseball player
 * 1961  – Liam Fox, Scottish physician and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
 * 1961  – Bonnie Hunt, American actress, producer, and talk show host
 * 1961  – Diane Lemieux, Canadian lawyer and politician
 * 1961  – Catherine Oxenberg, American actress
 * 1961  – Michael Torke, American composer
 * 1962 – Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2016)
 * 1964 – Juha Turunen, Finnish lawyer and politician
 * 1964  – Ken Vandermark, American saxophonist and composer
 * 1965 – Dan Bucatinsky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1965  – Andrii Deshchytsia, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * 1965  – Mark Guthrie, American baseball player
 * 1965  – Robert Satcher, American physician, engineer, and astronaut
 * 1966 – Ruth Jones, Welsh actress, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1966  – Mike Richter, American ice hockey player
 * 1966  – Michael Shank, American racing team owner
 * 1967 – Matt Besser, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1967  – Super Delfin, Japanese wrestler
 * 1967  – Brian Keene, American novelist
 * 1967  – Ian Mortimer, English historian and novelist
 * 1967  – Rickard Rydell, Swedish race car driver
 * 1967  – Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
 * 1969 – Nicole Bradtke, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
 * 1969  – Tuomas Kantelinen, Finnish composer and conductor
 * 1969  – Sue Perkins, English comedian, actress, and radio host
 * 1969  – Matt Sharp, American singer-songwriter and bass player
 * 1970 – Gladys Berejiklian, Australian politician, 45th Premier of New South Wales
 * 1970  – Mike Matheny, American baseball player and manager
 * 1970  – Mystikal, American rapper and actor
 * 1970  – Hitro Okesene, New Zealand rugby player and coach
 * 1970  – Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor
 * 1970  – Emmanuel Petit, French footballer
 * 1971 – Elizabeth Bear, American author and poet
 * 1971  – Toomas Krõm, Estonian footballer
 * 1971  – Luther Reigns, American actor and wrestler
 * 1973 – Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2014)
 * 1973  – Stéfan Louw, South African tenor and producer
 * 1973  – Bob Sapp, American wrestler, kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actor
 * 1974 – Jenn Colella, American actress and singer
 * 1974  – Kostas Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer and manager
 * 1975 – Mireille Enos, American actress
 * 1975  – Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
 * 1976 – David Berkeley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1976  – Mo Collins, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
 * 1977 – Antti-Jussi Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player
 * 1978 – Daniella Alonso, American actress and model
 * 1978  – Harry Kewell, Australian footballer and coach
 * 1979 – Emilie Autumn, American singer-songwriter, violinist, and poet
 * 1979  – Swin Cash, American basketball player and executive
 * 1979  – Michael Graziadei, American actor
 * 1979  – Phil Waugh, Australian rugby player
 * 1980  – Svenja Weidemann, German tennis player
 * 1981 – Ashley Eckstein, American actress
 * 1981  – Janne Niskala, Finnish ice hockey player
 * 1981  – Alexei Ramírez, Cuban baseball player
 * 1981  – Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer-songwriter
 * 1981  – Ingrid Vetlesen, Norwegian soprano
 * 1982 – Domenic Cassisi, Australian footballer
 * 1982  – Katie Lowes, American actress
 * 1982  – Billie Piper, English actress and singer
 * 1982  – Maarten Stekelenburg, Dutch footballer
 * 1983 – Kyla, British singer
 * 1983  – Glenn Loovens, Dutch professional footballer
 * 1983  – Petr Tatíček, Czech professional ice hockey
 * 1983  – Tommy Thelin, Swedish footballer
 * 1984 – Ross Jarman, English drummer and songwriter
 * 1984  – Thiago Silva, Brazilian footballer
 * 1985 – Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
 * 1985  – Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
 * 1985  – Jamie Mackie, Scottish footballer
 * 1985  – Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
 * 1985  – Ibragim Todashev, Russian-American mixed martial artist (d. 2013)
 * 1987 – Derick Brassard, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1987  – Stefan Denifl, Austrian cyclist
 * 1987  – Tom Felton, English actor
 * 1987  – Zdravko Kuzmanović, Serbian footballer
 * 1987  – Teyonah Parris, American actress
 * 1988 – Nikita Andreyev, Russian footballer
 * 1988  – Sana Saeed, Indian actress and model
 * 1989 – Jon Bass, American actor
 * 1989  – Kim Hyo-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
 * 1989  – Sabine Lisicki, German tennis player
 * 1990 – Denard Robinson, American football player
 * 1991 – Kenny Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player
 * 1992 – Philip Hindes, English track cyclist
 * 1994 – Carlos Correa, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
 * 1994  – Jinyoung, South Korean singer, actor, songwriter
 * 1994  – Haason Reddick, American football player
 * 1994  – Alexander Wennberg, Swedish ice hockey player
 * 1995 – Nayeon, South Korean singer
 * 1996 – Dylan Windler, American basketball player
 * 1999 – Kim Yo-han, South Korean singer and actor
 * 1999  – Kim Yoo-jung, South Korean actress
 * 2000 – Louise Christie, British rhythm gymnast
 * 2000  – Stephen Crichton, Samoan rugby league footballer

Pre-1600

 * 189 – He Jin, Chinese general and regent (b. 135)
 * 530 – Pope Felix IV
 * 904 – Zhao Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 867)
 * 967 – Wichmann II, Frankish nobleman
 * 1072 – Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian, poet, and politician (b. 1007)
 * 1158 – Otto of Freising, German bishop and chronicler (b. c. 1114)
 * 1174 – Uchtred, Lord of Galloway (b. c. 1120)
 * 1253 – Dōgen, Japanese monk and philosopher (b. 1200)
 * 1345 – Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1281)
 * 1399 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of The United Kingdom (b. 1366)
 * 1408 – John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1370)
 * 1457 – Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)
 * 1482 – Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1465)
 * 1520 – Selim I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1465)
 * 1531 – Louise of Savoy, French regent (b. 1476)
 * 1539 – Guru Nanak, Sikh religious leader, founded Sikhism (b. 1469)
 * 1554 – Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer (b. 1510)
 * 1566 – Johannes Agricola, German theologian and academic (b. 1494)
 * 1576 – Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (b. 1541)
 * 1598 – Gabriel Spenser, English actor (b. c.1578)

1601–1900

 * 1607 – Alessandro Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1535)
 * 1662 – John Biddle, English minister and theologian (b. 1615)
 * 1692 – Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1620)
 * 1703 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1622)
 * 1756 – Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (b. 1688)
 * 1774 – Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
 * 1776 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755)
 * 1777 – John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (b. 1699)
 * 1828 – Shaka Zulu, Zulu chieftain and monarch of the Zulu Kingdom (b. 1787)
 * 1852 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)
 * 1862 – Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and mercenary (b. 1831)
 * 1872 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and linguist (b. 1801)
 * 1873 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1801)
 * 1881 – Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1831)

1901–present

 * 1914 – Alain-Fournier, French soldier and author (b. 1886)
 * 1917 – John Henry Knight, English engineer (b. 1847)
 * 1919 – Alajos Gáspár, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (b. 1848)
 * 1933 – Sime Silverman, American journalist and newspaper publisher (b. 1873)
 * 1934 – Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (b. 1876)
 * 1935 – Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1858)
 * 1952 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (b. 1865)
 * 1956 – Frederick Soddy, English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
 * 1957 – Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
 * 1961 – Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (b. 1897)
 * 1969 – Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (b. 1909)
 * 1973 – Paul van Zeeland, Belgian lawyer, economist, and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1893)
 * 1979 – Abul A'la Maududi, Pakistani theologian, Islamic scholar and jurist (b. 1903)
 * 1981 – Harry Warren, American composer and songwriter (b. 1893)
 * 1987 – Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1908)
 * 1987  – Dan Rowan, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1922)
 * 1988 – Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, scholar, and poet (b. 1914)
 * 1989 – Ambrose Folorunsho Alli, Nigerian academic and politician (b. 1929)
 * 1989  – Irving Berlin, Russian-born American composer and songwriter (b. 1888)
 * 1992 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
 * 1993 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (b. 1903)
 * 1994 – Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (b. 1914)
 * 1996 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Latvian-Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1924)
 * 1996  – Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (b. 1914)
 * 1999 – George C. Scott, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1927)
 * 2000 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1916)
 * 2001 – Isaac Stern, Polish-Ukrainian violinist and conductor (b. 1920)
 * 2002 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (b. 1914)
 * 2003 – Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932)
 * 2003  – Hugo Young, English journalist and author (b. 1938)
 * 2004 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927)
 * 2004  – Ray Traylor Jr., American professional wrestler better-known as the Big Boss Man (b. 1963)
 * 2006 – Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951)
 * 2006  – Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player and educator (b. 1950)
 * 2007 – ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, last Hand of the Cause of God in the Baháʼí Faith (b. 1911)
 * 2007  – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (b. 1923)
 * 2008 – Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (b. 1963)
 * 2008  – Petrus Schaesberg, German painter, historian, and educator (b. 1967)
 * 2009 – Edward Delaney, Irish sculptor (b. 1930)
 * 2010 – Jackie Burroughs, British-born Canadian actress (b. 1939)
 * 2010  – Eddie Fisher, American singer (b. 1928)
 * 2010  – Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian footballer (b. 1971)
 * 2011 – Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1924)
 * 2012 – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and academic (b. 1919)
 * 2012  – Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (b. 1913)
 * 2012  – Juan H. Cintrón García, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, 126th Mayor of Ponce (b. 1919)
 * 2012  – Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1915)
 * 2012  – Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (b. 1914)
 * 2013 – Gary Brandner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1930)
 * 2013  – Jane Connell, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
 * 2013  – David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
 * 2013  – Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (b. 1923)
 * 2013  – Hans Erich Slany, German industrial designer, founded TEAMS Design (b. 1926)
 * 2013  – Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (b. 1926)
 * 2014 – Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1923)
 * 2014  – Sahana Pradhan, Nepalese politician, Nepalese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1927)
 * 2014  – Erik van der Wurff, Dutch pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1945)
 * 2014  – Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (b. 1936)
 * 2015 – Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)
 * 2018 – Chas Hodges, English musician and singer (b. 1943)
 * 2018  – Edna Molewa, South African politician (b. 1957)
 * 2018  – Mike Labinjo, Canadian football player (b. 1980)
 * 2020 – Neil Brannon, American politician (b. 1940)
 * 2022 – Hilary Mantel, British author (b. 1952)

Holidays and observances

 * American Business Women's Day (United States)
 * Baltic Unity Day (Lithuania, Latvia)
 * Christian feast days:
 * Candidus
 * Digna and Emerita
 * Emmeram of Regensburg
 * Felix and Constantia
 * Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti)
 * Laud of Coutances
 * Maurice (Western Christianity)
 * Paul Chong Hasang (one of The Korean Martyrs)
 * Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope)
 * Phocas, Bishop of Sinope
 * Sadalberga
 * Saintin (Sanctinus) de Meaux
 * Septimius of Iesi (this date since 1623)
 * Theban Legion
 * Thomas of Villanova
 * Philander Chase (Episcopal Church)
 * September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere:
 * Autumnal Equinox Day (Japan)
 * Mabon in the Northern Hemisphere, Ostara in the Southern Hemisphere. (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
 * The first day of Miķeļi (Latvia)
 * Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire in 1908.
 * Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mali from France in 1960.
 * Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)