On August 22, history records 53 notable events, 194 famous births and 108 deaths, spanning the years 392 to 1717.
Events on this day include: Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. (392); Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. (851).
Notable people born on August 22 include Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Franz von Dietrichstein (1570), Agatha Marie of Hanau (1599).
Notable figures who died on this day include Stilicho (408), Emperor Konoe (1155), Pope Gregory IX (1241).
Events on 22 August 53
See all →Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
The Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of Richard III and the end of the House of Plantagenet.
Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
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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Deaths on 22 August 108
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