August 22

is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining.

Events

565 - St. Columba reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland
1485 - The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses
1559 - Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy
1642 - Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War
1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immigrant to what is later the United States
1717 - Spanish troops land on Sardinia
1770 - James Cook's expedition 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 having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage)
1791 - Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue
1798 - French troops land in County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion
1846 - The United States annexes New Mexico
1851 - Gold is discovered in Australia
1851 - The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
1864 - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
1901 - Cadillac Motor Company founded
1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile
1910 - Japan illicitly annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon.
1911 - Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered
1914 - World War I: In Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
1922 - Michael Collins, Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Beal na mBlath, County Cork, during the Irish Civil War.
1926 - Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa
1938 - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are on the cover of Life Magazine
1941 - World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad
1942 - World War II: Brazil declares war on the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan)
1944 - World War II: Last transport of French Jews to concentration camps in Germany
1944 - World War II: Thirty-two Spaniards & four French Maquis tackle a German column (1,300 men in 60 lorries, with 6 tanks & 2 self-propelled guns), at La Madeiline, France. Three Maquis are wounded, with 110 Germans killed and 200 wounded.
1944 - World War II: Romania captured by the Soviet Union
1950 - Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis
1953 - The jail on Devil's Island is closed
1962 - An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails
1962 - The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered ship, completes its maiden voyage
1963 - Joe Walker in X-15 test plane reaches altitude of 106 km (67 miles)
1968 - Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America
1969 - Elvis Presley begins performing live again in Las Vegas
1970 - Neil Young released his album, "After The Gold Rush."
1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies
1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger as secretary of state.
1978 - The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua
1979 - Led Zeppelin released their album, "In Through The Out Door."
1988 - The Australian koala, the first platinum coin, is issued
1989 - The first ring of Neptune is discovered
1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5000 strikeouts.
1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
2004 - The Scream, the painting by Edvard Munch, is stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Births

1601 - Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
1624 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)
1647 - Denis Papin, French physicist, mathematician, and inventor (d. c. 1712)
1679 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
1760 - Leo XII, Italian religious leader, 252nd Pope (d. 1829)
1764 - Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
1771 - Henry Maudslay, English inventor and tool-maker (d. 1831)
1779 - James Kirke Paulding, American author, poet (d. 1860)
1800 - William S. Harney, U.S. general (d. 1889)
1800 - Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
1802 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (d. 1886)
1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, inventor, aviation pioneer (d. 1906)
1836 - Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)
1848 - Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
1854 - Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
1860 - Paul Nipkow, German inventor and television pioneer (d. 1940)
1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
1867 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
1873 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
1874 - Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
1887 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, World War II German minister of finance (d. 1977)
1891 - Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-born American sculptor (d. 1973)
1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer, humorist (d. 1967)
1893 - Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. 1977)
1900 - Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964)
1902 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
1904 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
1909 - Mel Hein, American football player (d. 1992)
1909 - Julius Epstein, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1915 - Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. 2000)
1915 - Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (d. 2005)
1917 - John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (d. 2001)
1918 - Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)
1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer
1920 - Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon
1922 - Micheline Presle, French actress
1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer
1930 - Gilmar, Brazilian football player
1932 - Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general
1935 - E. Annie Proulx, American author
1936 - Dale Hawkins, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1938 - Paul Maguire, American football player
1939 - George Reinholt, American actor
1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player
1940 - Valerie Harper, American actress
1941 - Bill Parcells, American football coach
1942 - Kathy Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)
1945 - Ron Dante, American singer, songwriter, and record producer (The Archies)
1947 - Cindy Williams, American actress
1947 - Donna Godchaux, singer (Grateful Dead))
1949 - Diana Nyad, American swimmer, wold record holder
1955 - Will Shetterly, writer
1955 - Chiranjeevi, Telugu film actor
1956 - Paul Molitor, baseball player
1957 - Steve Davis, English snooker player
1958 - Colm Feore, American-born actor
1958 - Lane Huffman, American professional wrestler
1958 - Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour)
1959 - Juan Croucier, American musician
1961 - Roland Orzabal, singer and guitarist (Tears for Fears)
1963 - Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
1963 - Terry Catledge, American basketball player
1964 - Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
1966 - GZA, American rapper
1966 - Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. 1992)
1967 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
1967 - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor
1970 - Charlie Connelly, English writer
1973 - Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1977 - Heidar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
1978 - Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1981 - Alex Holmes, American football player
1989 - Sarah Wright, American actress

Deaths

408 - Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
1155 - Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)
1188 - Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137)
1241 - Gregory IX, Italian religious leader, 178th Pope (b. c. 1143)
1280 - Nicholas III, Italian religious leader, 188th Pope (b. c. 1216)
1286 - Erik V Klipping, King of Denmark (b. 1249)
1304 - John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)
1350 - Philip VI, King of France (b. 1293)
1485 - Richard III, King of England (b. 1452)
1553 - John Dudley, English admiral and politician (b. 1501)
1572 - Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528)
1584 - Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530)
1599 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
1599 - Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (b. c. 1553)
1607 - Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572)
1609 - Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525)
1652 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583)
1680 - John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
1701 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628)
1711 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644)
1752 - William Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667)
1773 - George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709)
1793 - Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (b. 1713)
1797 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724)
1806 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. 1732)
1818 - Warren Hastings, British Governor-General of India (b. 1732)
1823 - Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)
1828 - Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroscientist (b. 1758)
1850 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (b. 1802)
1861 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
1891 - Jan Neruda, Czech author (b. 1834)
1903 - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
1913 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
1918 - Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (b. 1868)
1922 - Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary (b. 1890)
1926 - Charles W. Eliot, American President of Harvard University (b. 1834)
1940 - Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist, spiritualist, pioneer in wireless telegraphy (b. 1851)
1942 - Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (b. 1880)
1953 - Jim Tabor, baseball player (b. 1916)
1958 - Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1967 - Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American endocrinologist (b. 1903)
1974 - Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter (b. 1908)
1976 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (b. 1902)
1977 - Sebastian Cabot, English-born actor (b. 1918)
1978 - Jomo Kenyatta, first Prime Minister of Kenya (b. c. 1892)
1979 - James T. Farrell, American novelist (b. 1904)
1980 - James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1899)
1989 - Huey P. Newton, American activist (b. 1942)
1991 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (b. 1924)
2003 - Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss-born figure skating trainer (b. 1914)
2003 - Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (b. 1956)
2004 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960)
2005 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

RC feasts - Mary queen of angels

External links

BBC: On This Day

August 21 - August 23 - July 22 - September 22 -- listing of all days

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