Major Events in 2022 that you Should Overview to Shape Your 2023 Better

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2022 has been an exciting year all around. There have been several major events in 2022 in all realms, be it politics, sports, science, or entertainment.

As the world has just started to recover from the wounds of the pandemic, there have been events this year, from significant transformation of power to invasion, mega sports events to virus outbreaks. Many other world events 2022 created new milestones as well.

Apart from the major world events 2022, natural disasters also shaped climate change, travel disruptions, and other happenings.

Major events that happened in 2022 also included landmark business deals and changes in political leadership, making the economic and political scenario of countries like the USA, UK, China, and Russia.

Events and Happenings in 2022 that Shook or Rattled the World

As we head towards 2023, you may enjoy having a time travel and looking at the major events in 2022.

January

January 2- Israel became world’s first country to offer the fourth vaccine against COVID-19.
January 3- Apple became the first US-based tech giant to value worth $3 trillion.
January 4- Toyota tops its sales in the US as the first foreign automaker.
January 7- A pig’s heart was successfully transplanted into a human body, in Baltimore, Maryland, for the first time.
January 10- USA registers 1.34 million COVID-19 cases, setting a global record.

February

February 4-20- 2022 Winter Olympics

Beijing becomes the world’s first city to organize both summer and winter Olympics. The Chinese city hosted the summer Olympics in 2008.

February 6- Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 70^th anniversary, or Platinum Jubilee as the British monarch.
February 21-24- Under President Vladimir Putin’s leadership, Russia started an invasion of Ukraine.

March

March 4- April 3- ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup took place in New Zealand. Eight best cricketing countries participated, and Australia won the title of world champion in women’s cricket.
March 9- South Korean presidential election was held, and Yoon-Suk-yeol, the People Power Party candidate, managed a narrow win.

April

April 10- French presidential election
April 11- National Assembly of Pakistan elected Shebaz Sharif as Pakistan’s PM after the removal of Imran Khan following a no-confidence motion.

May

May 6- Monkeypox outbreak reported in London.
May 6-8- Miami Gardens hosted a Formula one auto race as the first predominantly African American city.
May 8- Hong Kong Chief Executive election was held. As Carrie Lam disagreed with seeking a second term, John Lee, the sole candidate, assumed office in July 2022.
May 9- Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned due to a massive protest against his government.
May 9- A landslide victory of Bongbong Marcos in the Philippines general election made him the 17^th president of the Philippines, and Sara Duterte was elected as the country’s 15^th Vice President.
May 21- Anthony Albanese’s Labor party defeated the National Coalition government in Australian elections, and Albanese became the Prime Minister of Australia.
May 27- Veteran Swedish pop group ABBA started its world tour featuring performers who are in their 70s now as their virtual avatars.

June

June 22- An earthquake between Afghanistan and Pakistan killed 1,163 people.

July

July 19- A series of heatwaves in Europe from July to August killed 53,000 people and caused massive wildfires, record-high temperatures, and travel disruptions in several countries.
July 21- Ranil Wickremesinghe became the new president of Sri Lanka as Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned.
July 23- Monkeypox was declared as an inetrnational health emergency by WHO.
July 24-31- Tour de France secured a place in the world history with the Tour de France Femmes.
July 28- August 28- Commonwealth Games were played in Birmingham, England.
July 31- Al-Qaeda Emir Ayman al-Zawahiri lost his life in an airstrike by US Central Intelligence Agencyin Kabul.

August

August 4- China conducted its largest military exercise around Taiwan after the visit of Nancy Pelosi sparked controversy.
August 28- Sever floods in Pakistan took up to 1,000 lives and left thousands homeless.

September

September 6- Liz Truss took the chair as British Prime Minister.
September 8- Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, breathed her last.
September 10- Charles III was officially declared the king of the UK and the Commonwealth realms.
September 10-25- 2022 Asian Games were held.
September 19- The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II took place in London’s Westminster Abbey after all-day-long rituals. It was the most-watched event in world television history, and world leaders also gathered in Westminster Abbey to pay their last respects to the queen.
September 27- Annexation referendums in Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine like Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.
September 30- Putin signed treaties to absorb Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia into the Russian Federation.

October

October 1- SpaceX began a five-year collaboration with the US Air Force allowing SpaceX’s starship rocket to deliver weapons anywhere on earth in less than one hour.
October 2- Brazilians votes to elect their next president.
October 16-23- Xi Jinping was elected by the Central Committee as the Chinese Communist Party’s General Secretary in the 20^th National Congress and remained China’s paramount leader for the third term.
October 25- Rishi Sunak became the Prime Minister of the UK amid a government crisis after Liz Truss had to resign within just fifty days of taking the chair.
October 28- Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion.
October 29- At least 158 people were killed, and 197 were injured in a crowd crash in Seoul during Halloween festivities.
October 30- The Brazil election results came out, and Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva defeated Jair Bolsonaro.
October 30- A bridge collapsed in Gujarat, India, and 141 people died.

November

November 1- Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party won majority seats in the legislative elections.
November 6-18- COP27

World leaders met in Egypt to discuss the effects and solutions of climate change.

November 8- The US Midterm elections

Polls were held in the USA to select its 118^th Congress, state, and local officials.

November 15- World population reaches 8 billion, setting a new milestone.
November 21- December 18- FIFA World Cup 2022

Qatar becomes the first middle-eastern country and the world’s smallest country to host the FIFA World Cup.

Here, we brought the major events in 2022 to your notice so that you can easily track the significant changes in the socio-economic, political, and environmental scenario and make your new year plans accordingly.

Stay tuned with us to get updates on the world events that will shape the year 2023.