August 22

Events

 * - has  elected.
 * - is named Rex italiae by his troop.
 * - reports seeing a monster in,.
 * - between Scotland and England.
 * - The death of  and end of the.
 * -, , is arrested for.
 * - (now ),, is founded by the  after buying a sliver of land from local Nayak rulers.
 * - calls the  traitors. Beginning of the.
 * - arrives in . He is the first known   to America.
 * - troops land on.
 * - 's expedition lands on the east coast of.
 * - declares the  to be in open rebellion.
 * - 's ship  returns to (Cook having been killed on  during the voyage).
 * - Beginning of the an in.
 * - troops land in, ,  to aid.
 * - becomes.
 * - revolt commences just after midnight in, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred  who were killed in retaliation for the uprising.
 * - annexes.
 * - First in history. Austria launched pilotless balloons against the Italian city of.
 * - The first is won by the  .
 * - The between  and  is ratified, providing for the exchange of  for the.
 * - Twelve s sign the First . The is formed.
 * - Motor Company founded.
 * - became the first  to ride in an automobile.
 * - illicitly annexes  with the signing of the . The name  was abolished and replaced with the ancient name .
 * - Theft of the  is discovered.
 * - : In, and  troops clash for the first time in the war.
 * -, of the  Army is shot dead during an  ambush at , , during the.
 * - discovered in,.
 * - The first experiments with television broadcasting. See also
 * - : s reach, leading to the.
 * - : declares  on the  powers (,  and ).
 * 1944  - : Thirty-two  & four   tackle a  column (1,300 men in 60 lorries, with 6 tanks & 2 self-propelled guns), at, . Three Maquis are wounded, with 110  killed and 200 wounded.
 * 1944  - :  captured by the.
 * - becomes the first black  in international.
 * - The on  is permanently closed.
 * - 11 schoolchildren were killed, when their school bus was hit by a freight train, in.
 * - An attempt to assassinate   fails.
 * 1962  - The, the world's first  cargo ship, completes its.
 * - in  test plane reaches altitude of 106 km (67 miles).
 * - hits the air on.
 * - Labor movements and  merge to become the , predecessor of the.
 * - arrives in, . It is the first visit of a  to.
 * - and  announce the arrest of 20 of the.
 * - is expelled by the  for its racist policies.
 * -  names  as.
 * - The  or occupies national palace in.
 * - The issues the first  coin, the koala.
 * - The first of  is discovered.
 * 1989  -  strikes out  to become the first   to record 5,000 s.
 * -    shoots and kills  during an 11-day siege at her home at,.
 * -   was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the  from the lobby of the  building.
 * - A version of ' and ', two paintings by, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in ,.
 * - crashes, killing 170 people.
 * - The rout the  30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.

Births

 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, French physicist and inventor (d. c. )
 * -, French cardinal (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, French architect (d. )
 * -, English inventor (d. )
 * -, French explorer (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, U.S. general (d. )
 * 1800  -, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, wife of (d. )
 * -, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (d. )
 * -, American astronomer (d. )
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * -, American newspaper publisher (d. )
 * -, King of Serbia (d. )
 * -, German inventor (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. )
 * -, Russian physician and philosopher (d. )
 * -, German philosopher (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist (d. )
 * 1880  -, German author and poet (d. )
 * -, German minister of finance (d. )
 * -, Lithuanian-born American sculptor (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * 1893  -, British Salvation Army general (d. )
 * -, French Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, Russian lexicographer (d. )
 * -, German film director (d. )
 * 1902  -, American politician (d. )
 * -, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. )
 * -, French photographer (d. )
 * -, American screenwriter (d. )
 * 1909  -, American football player (d. )
 * 1909  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Italian physicist (d. )
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, Co-inventor of the electron microscope (d. )
 * 1915  -, former Polish Prime Minister (d. )
 * -, American guitarist and singer (d. )
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * 1920  -, American heart surgeon
 * -, French actress
 * -, American playwright and author (d. )
 * -, German composer
 * -, Brazilian football player
 * -, American astronaut
 * -, U.S. general
 * 1934 - Sir, English bass-baritone
 * -, American author
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, American football commentator
 * -, American actor
 * 1939  -, baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * 1940  -, former college football coach
 * -, American football coach
 * -, American songwriter and record producer
 * 1945  -, Turkish computer scientist, electrical engineer and applied mathematician
 * -, American actress
 * 1947  -, singer
 * -, Italian actress
 * -, American swimmer, world record holder
 * 1949  -, baseball player
 * 1949  -, an Icelandic writer
 * 1949  -, Rwandan
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (d. )
 * -, American wrestling manager
 * -, writer
 * 1955  -,  film actor
 * -, baseball player
 * -, English snooker player
 * -, American-born actor
 * 1958  -, American professional wrestler
 * 1958  -, American musician
 * -, American musician
 * 1959  -, Danish politician
 * -, British musician
 * 1961  -, American singer
 * -, American singer/songwriter
 * 1963  -, American basketball player
 * -, Swedish tennis player
 * -, American voice actor
 * -, American rapper
 * 1966  -, American football player (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1967  -, British actor
 * 1967  -, American comedian
 * 1967  -, American actor
 * 1967  -, American screenwriter
 * 1967  -, Japanese singer (d. )
 * -, Australian guitarist
 * 1968  -, Russian footballer
 * 1968  -, Austrian tennis player
 * -, English writer
 * 1970  -, chef and television host
 * -, English actor
 * 1971  -, Korean American actor
 * -, baseball player
 * 1972  -, South African pole vaulter
 * 1972  -, Brazilian racing driver
 * -, American singer
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1974  -, Argentine rugby player
 * 1974  -, Italian guitarman
 * -, Australian footballer
 * 1975  -, British actress
 * 1975  -, Brazilian actor
 * -, Icelandic footballer
 * 1977  -, artist, filmmaker, and writer
 * -, Canadian musician
 * -, American model and actress
 * 1980  -, German footballer
 * 1980  -, Quebec 100m sprinter
 * -, American football player
 * -, Canadian writer
 * -, Dutch cyclist
 * 1983  -, American actress
 * 1983  -, American actress

Deaths

 * -, Roman general (b. )
 * -, Emperor of Japan (b. )
 * -, King of Leon (b. )
 * -, Italian religious leader, 178th Pope (b. c. )
 * -, Italian religious leader, 188th Pope (b. c. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, King of France (b. )
 * -, King of England (b. )
 * -, English admiral and politician (b. )
 * -, Earl of Northumberland (b. )
 * -, Polish writer (b. )
 * -, Italian noblewoman (b. )
 * 1599  -, Italian composer (b. c. )
 * -, English explorer and privateer (b. )
 * -, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. )
 * -, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English royalist statesman (b. )
 * -, French marshal (b. )
 * -, English mathematician (b. )
 * -, English writer and politician (b. )
 * -, Marshal of France (b. )
 * -, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. )
 * -, French artist (b. )
 * -, British Governor-General of India (b. )
 * -, Austrian neuroscientist (b. )
 * -, Austrian poet (b. )
 * -, Emperor of China (b. )
 * -, Czech author (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * - bishop of Bergamo
 * -, German neurologist (b. )
 * -, Irish revolutionary (b. )
 * -, American President of Harvard University (b. )
 * -, English physicist, spiritualist, pioneer in wireless telegraphy (b. )
 * -, Russian choreographer and dancer (b. )
 * -, American geologist (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. )
 * -, First American airline (b. )
 * -, American endocrinologist (b. )
 * -, scholar (b. )
 * -, Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter (b. )
 * -, President of Brazil (b. )
 * 1976  -, Greek pianist (b. )
 * -, English-born actor (b. )
 * -, first Prime Minister of Kenya (b. c. )
 * -, American novelist (b. )
 * -, American aircraft manufacturer (b. )
 * -, American activist (b. )
 * -, Canadian actress (b. )
 * -, French Canadian film director (b. )
 * -, Swiss-born figure skating trainer (b. )
 * 2003  -, widow of  (b. )
 * 2003  -, Argentinian singer and actress (b. )
 * -, Russian chess player (b. )
 * 2004  -, Canadian-born television and movie director (b. )
 * 2004  -, American announcer on Elvis Presley's shows (b. c.)
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, American rock drummer, producer (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Queen of s,