2022 in History

Wins the Golden Ball after leading Argentina to the World Cup title.

Wins the Golden Glove after Argentina's championship campaign.

Brown presents proposals for devolution, economic renewal and reform of central government.

Lyndell Simpson serves again as acting Governor

Alikhan Smailov becomes acting Prime Minister after Mamin resigns

Calls on Denmark to tighten sanctions and support the restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity.

Urges Ireland to support stronger sanctions and help rebuild Ukraine after Russian attacks.

Tells Italian lawmakers that isolating Russia economically is essential to ending the invasion.

Asks Dutch lawmakers for weapons, sanctions and support for Ukraine's future inside the European Union.

The council assumes executive powers from President Hadi.

Directs the German film adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front.

Claims annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

Declares the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions

Meets Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in the first high-level talks after the invasion

Meets Dmytro Kuleba in Turkey during early diplomatic talks

Coaches Argentina to its third FIFA World Cup title.

Addresses Australia's Parliament and requests additional military assistance.

Appeals for evacuation from the Azovstal steelworks.

Leaves Azovstal after orders to preserve defenders' lives.

Announces the start of an evacuation operation for civilians trapped at the Azovstal steelworks.

Commands defenders inside the Azovstal steelworks.

Azovstal defenders begin leaving the steelworks after orders from Kyiv.

Orders defenders at Azovstal to preserve lives as the Mariupol siege ends

Announces Ukrainian advances as Balakliia is retaken during the Kharkiv counteroffensive.

Joins Barcelona from Bayern Munich and becomes the club's leading centre-forward.

Burnham unveils the yellow-and-black design for the first Bee Network buses.

Allows Russian forces to attack Ukraine from Belarusian territory.

Finishes the campaign with fifteen goals as Real Madrid become European champions.

BepiColombo completes its second Mercury flyby as the mission continues refining its trajectory for eventual orbit insertion.

Signs bipartisan gun safety legislation.

Hosts the agreement enabling grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports

Turkey helps broker a grain export agreement.

Secures Brazil's qualification for the knockout stage.

Introduces the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.

Announces Brittney Griner's release from Russia.

Reports mass civilian killings after Russian forces withdraw from Bucha

Bodies are found after Russian forces leave Bucha.

Visits Bucha after its liberation and calls international attention to killings of civilians.

Burnham welcomes the Court of Appeal's rejection of challenges to bus franchising.

The President chairs the Cabinet of Ministers in the absence of a prime minister

His direct head-of-government role ends as his son becomes President

Addresses Canada's Parliament and appeals for stronger military and economic support.

Capital name is changed back from Nur-Sultan to Astana

Reports Russian control of Kherson after Russian forces enter the city

Cvijanovic is chosen as first chairwoman of the 2022 Presidency convocation

Scores the only goal in the Champions League final.

Makes a series of decisive saves and is named player of the match as Real Madrid beat Liverpool.

Syed Asim Munir takes command of the Pakistan Army as Chief of Army Staff.

Signs the CHIPS and Science Act.

Leads an IAEA assistance mission to restore safeguards systems and assess safety and security at Chornobyl.

Birmingham opens the Commonwealth Games with a ceremony at Alexander Stadium.

Zia Ur Rehman completes three years as MINURSO Force Commander and leaves the mission.

Leads Roma to victory over Feyenoord in the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League final.

Accepts the referendum result rejecting the first proposed replacement constitution.

Tunisians voted in a referendum on a new constitution expanding presidential powers.

Tokayev backs constitutional reforms reducing presidential powers

Makes a series of saves against Liverpool and is named player of the match.

Addresses the World Economic Forum and calls for sanctions, reconstruction support and investment in Ukraine.

Helps organize civil defense and curfew measures in Kyiv as Russian forces advance

Directs Ukrainian armed resistance during the opening day of the Russian invasion

Kais Saied dissolved the suspended Assembly of the People's Representatives.

Condemns the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe.

Police conclude that Starmer has no case to answer over the campaign gathering.

Welch leads the Hubble discovery of Earendel, a gravitationally magnified star seen from within the universe's first billion years.

Berdymukhamedov signals an early presidential election and managed succession

Scores eight goals for France, including three in the final, to win the Golden Boot.

Addresses G7 leaders meeting in Germany and asks for security guarantees and additional weapons.

Announces U.S. diplomats will return to Kyiv.

Invokes the Emergencies Act during convoy protests.

Starmer proposes freezing household energy prices during the cost-of-living crisis.

Moldova receives EU candidate status alongside Ukraine.

Welcomes the European Council decision granting Ukraine candidate status for European Union membership.

Signs Ukraine's application for membership of the European Union.

Juno makes a close flyby of Europa.

Addresses European Council leaders and urges unity on sanctions and support for Ukraine.

Addresses the European Parliament and urges the European Union to prove that it stands with Ukraine.

Scores the opening goal as Real Madrid defeat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 in the European Super Cup.

Scores Real Madrid's second goal in the European Super Cup victory over Eintracht Frankfurt.

Ukrainian forces withdraw from Severodonetsk after intense fighting.

Plays Genesis's final concert at the O2 Arena in London.

Performs Genesis's final concert seated, closing the band's touring history.

Burnham announces operators for the first locally controlled Bee Network bus services.

As EHT project scientist, helps present the first direct image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.

Forms his first cabinet after taking the presidency

Addresses French lawmakers and appeals for sanctions, weapons and international solidarity.

Orders the full-scale invasion of Ukraine from Russia, Belarus and Crimea.

Addresses Ukrainians after Russia launches its full-scale invasion and pledges national resistance.

Announces a special military operation as Russian forces begin the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Addresses the G20 summit and presents a ten-point Ukrainian Peace Formula.

Orders general mobilization after Russia begins the full-scale invasion.

Addresses the German Bundestag and urges Germany to take stronger action against Russia.

Mamin's government resigns during nationwide unrest

Sarah Tucker is sworn in as Governor of Montserrat

Addresses Greece's Parliament and discusses the destruction of Ukrainian cities including Mariupol.

Starmer outlines investment intended to expand clean energy and industrial employment.

US policy supports domestic high-assay low-enriched uranium supply.

As President, Serdar Berdymukhamedov assumes the head-of-government role

Charles III becomes monarch and head of state after the death of Elizabeth II

Charles III becomes monarch and head of state after the death of Elizabeth II

Pink Floyd release Hey Hey Rise Up in support of Ukraine with Andriy Khlyvnyuk's vocal

Announces arrival of HIMARS systems in Ukraine.

North Korea tests the Hwasong-17 ICBM.

Establishes the IAEA Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhya and a continuing Agency presence at the nuclear plant.

Signs the Inflation Reduction Act.

Appeals for sanctions, weapons and diplomatic support.

Coordinates evacuations as Russian shelling hits Irpin.

Addresses Israeli lawmakers and appeals for greater support for Ukraine.

Leads the Ukrainian delegation in peace talks with Russian negotiators in Istanbul

Leads the Russian delegation in peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul

Welcomes the recapture of Izium as Russian forces retreat during Ukraine's Kharkiv counteroffensive.

Visits liberated Izium after Ukrainian forces retake the city.

Juno makes a close flyby of Europa, collecting high-resolution imagery and science data.

Explosion damages the bridge linking Russia and occupied Crimea.

Blames Ukraine for the Kerch bridge explosion and launches mass strikes against Ukrainian cities

Jackson is confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Oversees the surprise Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast

Ukraine launches a counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast.

Ukrainian forces enter Kherson after Russian withdrawal.

Welcomes the liberation of Kherson after Russian forces withdraw west of the Dnipro.

Visits Kherson days after its liberation and praises Ukrainian defenders.

Missile strike hits civilians at Kramatorsk railway station.

Condemns the missile strike on Kramatorsk railway station.

Leads a congressional delegation to Kyiv.

Helps organize Kyiv's civic defense during the Russian assault.

Announces that Ukrainian forces have regained control of the Kyiv region after Russia's withdrawal.

Appears in central Kyiv with senior officials to show that the government remains in the capital.

Scores twice against Espanyol as Real Madrid secure their thirty-fifth league title.

Hui uses Hubble measurements to confirm the enormous nucleus size of Comet C/2014 UN271, then the largest known comet nucleus.

Discusses sanctions and energy ties during a visit to India.

Tunisia held the first round of legislative elections under the 2022 Constitution.

Welcomes United States Lend-Lease legislation intended to accelerate support for Ukraine.

Announces Ukrainian forces have retaken Irpin near Kyiv.

Russian flagship Moskva sinks after fire and Ukrainian strike claims.

Faces the loss of the Black Sea Fleet flagship Moskva after Ukrainian missile strikes

Addresses the Ukraine Recovery Conference and outlines principles for rebuilding the country.

Ukrainian forces liberate Lyman in Donetsk Oblast.

Russia claims control of Lysychansk in Luhansk Oblast.

Confirms Ukrainian withdrawal from Lysychansk.

Attends NATO's Madrid summit after Russia's invasion.

Aston Villa appoints Emery as head coach after his departure from Villarreal.

Reports Mariupol largely captured while Azovstal still resists.

Reports on the destruction of the Mariupol drama theatre during the Russian siege

Reports evacuation efforts from besieged Mariupol.

Documents the aftermath of the Mariupol maternity hospital strike.

Condemns the Russian strike on a maternity hospital in besieged Mariupol

Russian attack damages a maternity hospital during the Mariupol siege.

Russian forces push deeper into besieged Mariupol.

Reports from Mariupol during the Russian siege.

Mariupol theatre is bombed while civilians shelter inside.

Declares martial law after Russia launches its full-scale invasion.

Joins G7 leaders by video and urges continued defense support and sanctions against Russia.

Is detained by Russian forces after the occupation of Melitopol.

Russia begins large strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Helps coordinate the defense of Mykolaiv.

Organizes regional defense as Russian forces threaten Mykolaiv.

Commands Ukrainian armed forces during the opening invasion.

Germany agrees to nationalize Uniper during the European energy crisis

Sweden applies to join NATO after Russia's invasion.

Finland applies to join NATO after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Meets NATO allies as the alliance reinforces its eastern flank.

Signs Ukraine's request for accelerated accession to NATO.

Addresses NATO leaders and asks for unrestricted military assistance to defend Ukrainian cities.

Shares the chemistry prize for click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.

Shares the chemistry prize for click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.

Shares the chemistry prize for click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.

Is honoured for examining memory, estrangement, and collective restraints with courage and precision.

Receives the medicine prize for discoveries concerning extinct hominin genomes and human evolution.

Shares the physics prize for experiments with entangled photons and advances in quantum information science.

Shares the physics prize for experiments with entangled photons and tests of Bell inequalities.

Shares the physics prize for experiments with entangled photons and advances in quantum information science.

Addresses Norway's Parliament and asks for support against Russian aggression and energy coercion.

Orders Russian nuclear deterrence forces to a heightened alert posture

North Korea codifies nuclear weapons policy in law.

Calls for investigation after Ukrainian prisoners of war are killed at Olenivka

Explosion kills Ukrainian prisoners of war at Olenivka prison.

Signs veterans burn-pit exposure legislation.

Scores a second-half hat-trick as Real Madrid overturn their tie against Paris Saint-Germain.

Announces partial mobilization after Russian battlefield setbacks.

Announces a partial mobilization of Russian reservists

Announces Patriot air defense support during Zelenskyy's Washington visit.

al-Rifai participates in peace negotiations connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Addresses Portugal's Assembly of the Republic and calls for stronger international action.

Berdymukhamedov steps down as President after fifteen years in office

Zeljko Komsic begins another term as Croat member of the Presidency

Denis Becirovic becomes Bosniak member of the Presidency

Zeljka Cvijanovic becomes Serb member of the Presidency

Takes office as President of Chile at the beginning of the 2022-2026 term.

Serdar Berdymukhamedov becomes President of Turkmenistan

Serdar Berdymukhamedov wins the snap presidential election

His formal presidency effectively ends.

Becomes chairman of the new Presidential Leadership Council.

Supports the transfer to Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council.

Transfers presidential powers to a new leadership council.

Shehbaz Sharif begins his first term as Prime Minister.

Amadou Ba becomes Prime Minister when the office is restored

Smailov is appointed Prime Minister during the January crisis

Kais Saied promulgated the 2022 Constitution following the referendum.

Takes over responsibility for negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Convenes allies to coordinate military support for Ukraine.

Marape continues as Prime Minister after the 2022 national election

Tokayev wins early presidential election for a seven-year term

Secures Real Madrid's European victory against Liverpool.

Recognizes the Donetsk and Luhansk separatist republics before the full invasion.

Signs treaties with separatist authorities before the invasion.

Becomes the first coach to win the European Cup four times.

Poland receives millions of Ukrainian refugees.

Signs the Respect for Marriage Act.

Addresses Romania's Parliament after visiting liberated communities around Kyiv.

Oversees Russian military operations during the invasion's opening phase.

As EHT project director, helps lead the collaboration releasing the first image of the Milky Way's central black hole Sagittarius A*.

Contributes to Event Horizon Telescope imaging and interpretation of Sagittarius A* at event-horizon scales.

Contributes to EHT analysis of rapid variability in Sagittarius A* while reconstructing its horizon-scale ring structure.

Announces new sanctions after Russia attacks Ukraine.

Saudi Arabia backs the new anti-Houthi executive structure.

Returns as Taoiseach under the coalition government's agreed rotation of the office.

Sets out seven indispensable pillars for protecting nuclear facilities during the conflict in Ukraine.

Announces the Ukrainian withdrawal from Severodonetsk after intense fighting

Reports heavy fighting in Luhansk during Russia's eastern offensive.

Chernihiv comes under siege during Russia's northern offensive.

Mariupol is encircled during Russia's southern offensive.

Ukrainian forces strike the Russian cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea

Ukraine says missiles hit and sink Russia's cruiser Moskva.

Symbolizes Ukrainian resistance after Snake Island refuses Russian surrender demands.

Addresses South Korea's National Assembly and asks for equipment and support against Russian aggression.

Is reported as commander of Russian operations in Ukraine.

Addresses Spain's Cortes Generales and seeks weapons and stronger sanctions.

Scores the opening goal as Real Madrid defeat Athletic Club 2-0 in the Spanish Super Cup final.

Saves a late penalty as Real Madrid defeat Athletic Club to win the Spanish Super Cup.

ISRO conducts the inaugural SSLV developmental flight during S. Somanath's tenure as chairman.

Bukele government begins emergency anti-gang measures

Delivers his first State of the Union address.

Announces a student debt relief plan.

Presidential authority passes from Gurbanguly to Serdar Berdymukhamedov

Reports heavy fighting as Russian troops enter Sumy Oblast.

Is released after capture by Russian forces.

Appointed commander of Russian forces in Ukraine

Burnham introduces capped adult single fares of two pounds across Greater Manchester.

Joins allied planning for long-term Ukrainian defense support.

Signs Lend-Lease legislation for Ukraine assistance.

Backs Ukraine receiving European Union candidate status.

Addresses the United Nations emergency session on Russia's invasion.

Presents five conditions for peace, including punishment for aggression, protection of life and restoration of territorial integrity.

The United Nations appoints Faisal Shahkar of Pakistan as Police Adviser in the Department of Peace Operations.

Addresses the United Nations Security Council and demands accountability for atrocities discovered in Bucha.

Addresses the British Parliament by video and vows that Ukraine will continue resisting Russia.

Promulgates legislation creating the Universal Guaranteed Pension while serving as acting Vice President.

Addresses the United States Congress by video and appeals for further military assistance.

Defends the invasion during Russia's Victory Day speech.

The National Assembly removes Imran Khan through a no-confidence vote.

Initiates a special national and international mechanism to investigate crimes committed during the invasion.

Visits Washington and addresses the United States Congress during his first wartime trip abroad.

Leads Webb observations revealing detailed auroras, hazes, rings and small satellites around Jupiter.

Webb obtains the clearest view of Neptune's rings in more than three decades, including faint dusty bands.

Converts the decisive penalty as Morocco eliminate Spain and reach the quarter-finals.

Rehman concludes his MINURSO command after overseeing a substantial increase in women serving within the mission headquarters.

Scores three goals against Argentina, becoming the second player with a World Cup final hat-trick.

Scores Argentina's second goal against Mexico with a curling finish in the World Cup group stage.

Scores Argentina's opening goal in a crucial 2-0 World Cup group-stage victory over Mexico.

Scores the winning goal against Switzerland at the World Cup.

Scores three goals in Portugal's victory over Switzerland.

Saves two Netherlands penalties as Argentina win their World Cup quarter-final shootout.

Scores the only goal as Belgium defeat Canada in their opening World Cup match.

Releases XXV, reworking major songs with orchestral arrangements to mark twenty-five years solo.

Responds to the shelling and Russian seizure of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Calls at the UN Security Council for a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhya plant.

Kharkiv resists Russian attacks in the war's first days.

Helps command the defense of Kyiv against Russian forces.

Russian airborne forces attack Hostomel airport near Kyiv.