On This Day in History for August 22
Events in History
- 392 Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
- 565 St Columba reports seeing monster in Loch Ness
- 851 Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
- 1138 English defeat the Scottish at Cowton Moor, Yorkshire. Banners of various saints carried into battle - led to the name Battle of the Standard
- 1454 Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus the Posthmus
- 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field: Henry Tudor's forces defeat English King Richard III during last battle in the Wars of the Roses. Richard is killed, the last English monarch to die in battle.
- 1543 Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren
- 1559 Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic
- More Events in History
Aimé Bonpland
Dorothy Parker
Deng Xiaoping
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Norman SchwarzkopfWeddings in History
- 1848 Soldier and later US President Ulysses S. Grant (26) marries Julia Dent
- 1900 Oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny (44) weds Carrie Estelle Betzold in New Mexico Territory
- 1925 Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson (28) weds teacher Maryon Elspeth Moody (23)
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Stilicho
Richard III
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Michael Collins
Jomo KenyattaAugust in History
Fighter Pilot Shows Mercy
Compassion was not expected of a fighter pilot in the Second World War but it was just that quality that saved the lives of a struggling American bomber crew.
August 21, 1915
Burroughs' Adding Machine
Patent drawing for Burroughs's calculating machine, 1888
August 21, 1888
Thomas Cromwell Backs The Wrong Horse
Thomas Cromwell became chief advisor to King Henry VIII and led the hunt for a new royal wife. Unfortunately for him he championed the cause of Anne of Cleves.
August 22, 1540
First Geneva Convention
Major European powers sign the first-ever Geneva Convention
August 22, 1864