Births on December 22

Chagatai Khan

Born on December 22, 1183

Chagatai Khan, Mongol ruler (d. 1242)

Chagatai Khan (Mongolian: Цагадай, romanized: Tsagadai; Middle Mongol: ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ Čaɣatay; Uighur: چاغاتايخان, Chaghatay-Xan; Chinese: 察合台, Chágětái; Turkish: Çağatay; Persian: جغتای, Joghatai; 22 December 1183 – 1 July 1242) was the second son of Genghis Khan and Börte. He inherited most of what are now five Central Asian states after the death of his father. He was also appointed by Genghis Khan to oversee the execution of the Yassa, the written code of law created by Genghis Khan.

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14 Aug

Taira clan
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan (traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).