On this day in history
May 22
Christian
Observed on May 22, 2026
- ShavuotJewish
Shavuot, marking the giving of the Torah at Sinai and the wheat harvest.
YahrzeitsHebrew-calendar remembrances
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on May 22 this year.
- King David (David HaMelech)d. 970 BCE
Second king of Israel; traditional author of many Psalms — By tradition he passed on Shavuot.
Trace this life → - R. Avraham Mordechai Alter (Imrei Emes of Ger)d. 1948 CE
Third Gerrer Rebbe, author of Imrei Emes
- 337 CEChristian · died
Constantine, the first Roman emperor to embrace Christianity, died near Nicomedia shortly after his baptism.