On this day: August 22

Events on August 22

• 1153 Crusader–Fatimid wars: The fortress of Ascalon is surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem. Wikipedia
• 1485 At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses. Wikipedia
• 1639 The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company. Wikipedia
• 1642 King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War. Wikipedia
• 1711 Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River. Wikipedia
• 1777 American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix. Wikipedia
• 1798 French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion. Wikipedia
• 1851 The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns, later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England. Wikipedia
• 1864 Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict. Wikipedia
• 1875 The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands. Wikipedia
• 1902 Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile. Wikipedia
• 1902 The Cadillac Motor Company is founded. Wikipedia
• 1914 First World War: German forces captured Rossignol in Belgium, taking more than 3,800 French prisoners. Wikipedia
• 1914 First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front. Wikipedia
• 1922 Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War. Wikipedia
• 1943 Ian Stephens, editor of The Statesman, defied British censorship to publish pictures of death and misery on Calcutta's streets, informing the world of the Bengal famine of 1943. Wikipedia
• 1962 An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured. Wikipedia
• 1968 Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America. Wikipedia
• 1972 Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies. Wikipedia
• 1984 The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party. Wikipedia
• 1985 A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective. Wikipedia
• 1991 Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states. Wikipedia
• 2003 Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building. Wikipedia
• 2006 Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal. Wikipedia
• 2012 A series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and the Pokomo in Kenya's Tana River District resulted in at least 52 deaths. Wikipedia
• 2015 A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people. Wikipedia

Born on August 22

• 1647 Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (died 1712) Wikipedia
• 1760 Pope Leo XII (died 1829) Wikipedia
• 1862 Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer (died 1918) Wikipedia
• 1874 Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (died 1928) Wikipedia
• 1887 Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1977) Wikipedia
• 1893 Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (died 1967) Wikipedia
• 1902 Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist (died 2003) Wikipedia
• 1904 Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997) Wikipedia
• 1908 Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (died 2004) Wikipedia
• 1917 John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001) Wikipedia
• 1920 Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (died 2012) Wikipedia
• 1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (died 2007) Wikipedia
• 1934 Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (died 2012) Wikipedia
• 1935 Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist Wikipedia
• 1963 Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Wikipedia
• 1964 Mats Wilander, Swedish-American tennis player and coach Wikipedia
• 1967 Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actor Wikipedia
• 1973 Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter Wikipedia
• 1975 Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor Wikipedia
• 1993 Laura Dahlmeier, German biathlete (died 2025) Wikipedia
• 1995 Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia
• 1997 Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer Wikipedia

Died on August 22

• 1241 Pope Gregory IX, (born 1143) Wikipedia
• 1280 Pope Nicholas III (born 1225) Wikipedia
• 1350 Philip VI of France (born 1293) Wikipedia
• 1485 Richard III of England (born 1452) Wikipedia
• 1806 Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (born 1732) Wikipedia
• 1891 Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (born 1834) Wikipedia
• 1903 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1830) Wikipedia
• 1904 Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (born 1850) Wikipedia
• 1922 Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (born 1890) Wikipedia
• 1958 Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881) Wikipedia
• 1976 Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (born 1902) Wikipedia
• 1978 Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (born 1894) Wikipedia
• 1986 Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (born 1883) Wikipedia
• 2023 Toto Cutugno, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1943) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: John Kemble Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Queenship of Mary Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Symeon Lukach Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief Wikipedia
• Earliest day on which National Heroes' Day (Philippines) can fall, while August 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Monday in August. Wikipedia
• Flag Day (Russia) Wikipedia
• Madras Day (Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India) Wikipedia

Sources

• Wikipedia — “August 22” — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/August 22” — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikidata — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “August 22” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for August 22 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.