Today in History: Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb in 1879

The following are of some of the most significant events which took place on 22 October in history: 

451 – The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council.

906 – Abbasid general Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh leads a raid against the Byzantine Empire, taking 4,000–5,000 captives.

1797 – André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump, from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above Paris.

1879 – Using a filament of carbonised thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb; the bulb lasted 13 1⁄2 hours before burning out.

1943 – World War II: In the second firestorm raid on Germany, the British Royal Air Force conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.

1964 – Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize.

1983 – Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.

2005 – Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season until surpassed by the 2020 season.

2012 – Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.

2019 – Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored.