Events on 22 August 53
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Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
Year 1485
The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.
Year 1639
Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
Year 1642
Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
Year 1654
Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
Year 1711
Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
Birthdays on 22 August 194
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Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
b. 1412 – d. 1464
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)
Franz von Dietrichstein
b. 1570 – d. 1636
Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (d. 1636)
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Agatha Marie of Hanau
b. 1599 – d. 1636
Agatha Marie of Hanau, German noblewoman (d. 1636)
Georges de Scudéry
b. 1601 – d. 1667
Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1667)
Jean Regnault de Segrais
b. 1624 – d. 1701
Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (d. 1701)
Denis Papin
b. 1647 – d. 1712
Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (d. 1712)
Pierre Guérin de Tencin
b. 1679 – d. 1758
Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
Pope Leo XII
b. 1760 – d. 1829
Pope Leo XII (d. 1829)
Charles Percier
b. 1764 – d. 1838
Charles Percier, French architect and interior decorator (b. 1764)
Henry Maudslay
b. 1771 – d. 1831
Henry Maudslay, English engineer (d. 1831)
Aimé Bonpland
b. 1773 – d. 1858
Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)
James Kirke Paulding
b. 1778 – d. 1860
James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1860)
Deaths on 22 August 108
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Stilicho
d. 408 (b. 359)
Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
Emperor Konoe
d. 1155 (b. 1139)
Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139)
Pope Gregory IX
d. 1241 (b. 1143)
Pope Gregory IX, (b. 1143)
Pope Nicholas III
d. 1280 (b. 1216)
Pope Nicholas III (b. 1216)
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John II, Count of Holland
d. 1304 (b. 1247)
John II, Count of Holland (b. 1247)
William II, Duke of Athens
d. 1338 (b. 1312)
William II, Duke of Athens (b. 1312)
Philip VI of France
d. 1350 (b. 1293)
Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
Isabella of France
d. 1358 (b. 1295)
Isabella of France (b. 1295)
Vladislav II of Wallachia
d. 1456
Vladislav II of Wallachia
Richard III of England
d. 1485 (b. 1452)
Richard III of England (d. 1485)
James Harrington (Yorkist knight)
d. 1485
James Harrington, Yorkist knight
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
d. 1485 (b. 1430)
John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (b. 1430)