About the day » Thursday February 2, 1922Calender converter

• Carolina Catharina(Carly) bridts, Niel († 2015)
• Andrew van Zante, Iowa († 1922)
• Buitendam, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1922)
• Bertha Maria Mariette (Bertha) Vandevelde, Halmaal, België († 2015)
• Arie Popp, Delft († 1945)
• Adele Leontina Maria Buckinx, Kortessem († 1994)
• Adriana Hendrikse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1996)
• Adriana Maria Thomassen, Sint-Oedenrode († 2009)
• Arie Haasnoot, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Albertus Postma, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)

• Adrianus Hoek (76), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abigaël Corstius (84), Groningen
• Adriaan VOESENEK (90), Princenhage, Breda, 3379, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Ida" Marie Albertine zu Schwarzenberg (60), Praha
• Buitendam (0), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Adriaansd Vennix (71), Tilburg, nb.nld
• Pieter Voorbraak (63), Steenbergen
• Aaltje van den Bosch (89), Elspeet
• Adrianus Verwoerd (0), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Kroon (85), Vught

• 1922 » James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey († 2002)
• 1922 » Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey player († 1978)
• 1922 » Robert Chef d'Hôtel, French athlete († 2019)
• 1922 » Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress († 2019)
• 1923 » Bonita Granville, American actress and producer († 1988)
• 1923 » James Dickey, American poet and novelist († 1997)
• 1923 » Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer († 2014)
• 1923 » Liz Smith, American journalist and author († 2017)
• 1923 » Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2018)
• 1923 » Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (d.2012)

• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
• 1925 » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
• 1926 » Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (b. 1848)
• 1932 » Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Margaretha
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
• June 30 » In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
• July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
• October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
• November 14 » The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
• November 24 » Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.
• December 16 » President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw.

The temperature on February 2, 1922 was between -1.5 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.