August 22nd is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining.
Events:
- 1485: The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses and leads to the start of the Tudor?. dynasty in England, Henry VII being the first Tudor king.
- 1559: Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy?.
- 1642: Charles I calls the Parliament traitors. Begin of the English Civil War.
- 1654: Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immigrant in what is later the United States.
- 1717: Spanish troops land on Sardinia?.
- 1770: James Cook lands on the east coast of Australia.
- 1775: King [George III]? declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.
- 1780: James Cook's ship Resolution returns to England (Cook himself having killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
- 1791: Begin of the Haitian Slave Revolution.
- 1846: The United States annex New Mexico.
- 1851: Gold is discovered in Australia.
- 1851: The first America's Cup is won by the America.
- 1864: Twelve nations sign the First [Geneva Convention]?. The Red Cross is formed.
- 1902: Theodore Roosevelt is the first US president to ride in an automobile.
- 1910: Japan annexes Korea.
- 1911: The [Mona Lisa]? is stolen.
- 1914: In Belgium, British and German troops meet for the first time in World War I.
- 1926: Gold discovered in Johannesburg?, South Africa.
- 1941: German troops reach Leningrad.
- 1942: Brazil declares war on the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan).
- 1943: Kharkov? is liberated.
- 1944: Last transport of French Jews to concentration camps in Germany.
- 1950: [Althea Gibson]? becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
- 1953: The jail on [Devil Island]? is closed.
- 1956: Begin of the shooting of Elvis Presley's first movie Love Me Tender.
- 1962: An attempt to assassinate French president [De Gaulle]? fails.
- 1962: The Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered ship, completes its maiden voyage.
- 1968: Pope [Paul VI]? arrives in Bogota?, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
- 1972: Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
- 1975: An attempt to assassinate president Gerald Ford fails.
- 1988: The Australian koala, the first platinum coin, is brought out.
- 1989: The first ring of Neptune is discovered.
- 1991: [Mikhail Gorbachev]? returns to Moscow after a failed coup by communist hardliners.
- 2000: The crew members of the submarine Kursk, that had sunk 2&12frac; weeks earlier, are announced dead.
Births:
- 1760: [Leo XII]?, pope
- 1854: [Milan I]?, king of Serbia
- 1862: Claude Debussy, composer
- 1874: [Max Scheler]?, philosopher
- 1880: [George Herriman]?, cartoonist (Krazy Kat)
- 1893: Dorothy Parker, author
- 1904: [Den Xiaoping]?, party leader of the Peoples Republic of China (1976-1983)
- 1917: John Lee Hooker, blues guitarist/singer
- 1920: Ray Bradbury, science-fiction? author (Fahrenheit 451)
- 1934: [Norman Schwarzkopf]?, US general (Gulf War)
- 1940: [Valery Harper]?, actress
- 1958: [Vernon Reid]?, musician ([Living Colour]?)
- 1960: [Debbi Peterson]?, drummer (Bangles?)
- 1961: [Roland Orzabal]?, singer/guitarist ([Tears for Fears]?)
- 1963: [Tori Amos]?, singer/pianist
- 1964: [Mats Wilander]?, tennis player
Deaths:
- 1188: [Ferdinand II]?, king of Castilia?, Leon, Asturia? and Galicia
- 1280: [Nicholas III]?, pope
- 1286: [Erik V Klipping]?, king of Denmark (murder)
- 1350: [Philips VI]?, king of France (1328-1350)
- 1485: Richard III, king of England (1483-1485) (battle of Bosworth Field)
- 1553: [John Dudley]?, English admiral/politician (beheaded)
- 1818: [Warren Hastings]?, governor-general of India (1773-1784)
- 1903: [Robert Salisbury]?, UK prime minister
- 1912: [Gregory IX]?, pope
- 1922: Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary (killed in an ambush)
- 1978: [Jomo Kenyatta]?, first prime minister of Kenya (1963-1978)
Holidays:
August 21 · August 23 · July 22 · September 22· more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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