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| August 22nd, 2007 (August 22 2007) | Event | The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history. | |
| August 22nd, 2007 (August 22 2007) | Event | The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day | |
| August 22nd, 2006 (August 22 2006) | Death | Bruce Gary, American rock drummer, producer (The Knack) (born in 1951) | |
| August 22nd, 2005 (August 22 2005) | Death | Luc Ferrari, French composer (born in 1929) | |
| August 22nd, 2004 (August 22 2004) | Event | A version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway. | Edvard Munch Quotes |
| August 22nd, 2004 (August 22 2004) | Death | Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (born in 1960) | |
| August 22nd, 2004 (August 22 2004) | Death | Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (born in 1920) | |
| August 22nd, 2004 (August 22 2004) | Death | Al Dvorin, American announcer on Elvis Presley s shows (born in c.1923) | Elvis Presley Quotes |
| August 22nd, 2003 (August 22 2003) | Event | Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building. | |
| August 22nd, 2003 (August 22 2003) | Death | Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss-born figure skating trainer (born in 1914) | |
| August 22nd, 2003 (August 22 2003) | Death | Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (born in 1956) | |
| August 22nd, 2003 (August 22 2003) | Death | Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (born in 1906) | |
| August 22nd, 1994 (August 22 1994) | Death | Gilles Groulx, French Canadian film director (born in 1931) | |
| August 22nd, 1992 (August 22 1992) | Event | FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. | |
| August 22nd, 1991 (August 22 1991) | Death | Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (born in 1924) | |
| August 22nd, 1989 (August 22 1989) | Event | The first ring of Neptune is discovered. | |
| August 22nd, 1989 (August 22 1989) | Event | Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts. | |
| August 22nd, 1989 (August 22 1989) | Death | Huey P. Newton, American activist (born in 1942) | |
| August 22nd, 1986 (August 22 1986) | Birth | Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese actress | |
| August 22nd, 1984 (August 22 1984) | Birth | Lee Camp, English football goalkeeper | |
| August 22nd, 1983 (August 22 1983) | Birth | Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist | |
| August 22nd, 1983 (August 22 1983) | Birth | Laura Breckenridge, American actress | |
| August 22nd, 1982 (August 22 1982) | Birth | Heather Campbell, Canadian writer | |
| August 22nd, 1981 (August 22 1981) | Birth | Alex Holmes, American football player | |
| August 22nd, 1980 (August 22 1980) | Birth | Christi Shake, American model and actress | |
| August 22nd, 1980 (August 22 1980) | Birth | Roland Benschneider, German footballer | |
| August 22nd, 1980 (August 22 1980) | Birth | Nicolas Macrozonaris, French-Canadian track-and-field athlete | |
| August 22nd, 1980 (August 22 1980) | Death | James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer (born in 1899) | James Smith Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1980 (August 22 1980) | Death | Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (Mercedes Benz) (born in 1891) | |
| August 22nd, 1979 (August 22 1979) | Death | James T. Farrell, American novelist (born in 1904) | |
| August 22nd, 1978 (August 22 1978) | Event | The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua. | |
| August 22nd, 1978 (August 22 1978) | Birth | Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) | |
| August 22nd, 1978 (August 22 1978) | Death | Jomo Kenyatta, first President of Kenya (born in c. 1892) | |
| August 22nd, 1977 (August 22 1977) | Birth | Hei?ar Helguson, Icelandic footballer | |
| August 22nd, 1977 (August 22 1977) | Birth | Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist | |
| August 22nd, 1977 (August 22 1977) | Birth | Jenna Leigh Green, American actress | |
| August 22nd, 1977 (August 22 1977) | Death | Sebastian Cabot, English-born actor (born in 1918) | |
| August 22nd, 1976 (August 22 1976) | Death | Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (born in 1902) | |
| August 22nd, 1976 (August 22 1976) | Death | Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (born in 1913) | |
| August 22nd, 1975 (August 22 1975) | Birth | Clint Bolton, Australian footballer | |
| August 22nd, 1975 (August 22 1975) | Birth | Sheree Murphy, British actress | |
| August 22nd, 1975 (August 22 1975) | Birth | Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor | |
| August 22nd, 1974 (August 22 1974) | Birth | William Kucmierowski, American professional wrestler | |
| August 22nd, 1974 (August 22 1974) | Birth | Agustin Pichot, Argentine rugby player | |
| August 22nd, 1974 (August 22 1974) | Birth | Stefano Verderi, Italian guitarman | |
| August 22nd, 1974 (August 22 1974) | Death | Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter (born in 1908) | |
| August 22nd, 1973 (August 22 1973) | Birth | Kristen Wiig, American comedian | |
| August 22nd, 1973 (August 22 1973) | Birth | Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys) | |
| August 22nd, 1973 (August 22 1973) | Death | Louise Huff, American actress (born in 1895) | |
| August 22nd, 1972 (August 22 1972) | Event | Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies. | |
| August 22nd, 1972 (August 22 1972) | Birth | Steve Kline, American baseball player | |
| August 22nd, 1972 (August 22 1972) | Birth | Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter | |
| August 22nd, 1972 (August 22 1972) | Birth | Max Wilson, Brazilian racing driver | |
| August 22nd, 1971 (August 22 1971) | Event | J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28. | John Mitchell Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1971 (August 22 1971) | Birth | Richard Armitage, English actor | |
| August 22nd, 1971 (August 22 1971) | Birth | Rick Yune, Korean American actor | |
| August 22nd, 1970 (August 22 1970) | Birth | Charlie Connelly, English writer | |
| August 22nd, 1970 (August 22 1970) | Birth | Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-born American chef and television host | |
| August 22nd, 1970 (August 22 1970) | Death | Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (born in 1895) | |
| August 22nd, 1968 (August 22 1968) | Event | Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America. | |
| August 22nd, 1968 (August 22 1968) | Birth | Paul Colman, Australian guitarist (Newsboys) | |
| August 22nd, 1968 (August 22 1968) | Birth | Alexander Mostovoi, Russian footballer | |
| August 22nd, 1968 (August 22 1968) | Birth | Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player | |
| August 22nd, 1968 (August 22 1968) | Birth | Rich Lowry, American magazine editor | |
| August 22nd, 1967 (August 22 1967) | Birth | Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (died in 2002) | |
| August 22nd, 1967 (August 22 1967) | Birth | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor | |
| August 22nd, 1967 (August 22 1967) | Birth | Ant, American comedian | |
| August 22nd, 1967 (August 22 1967) | Birth | Ty Burrell, American actor | |
| August 22nd, 1967 (August 22 1967) | Birth | Alfred Gough, American screenwriter | |
| August 22nd, 1967 (August 22 1967) | Birth | Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (died in 1986) | |
| August 22nd, 1967 (August 22 1967) | Death | Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American endocrinologist (born in 1903) | |
| August 22nd, 1966 (August 22 1966) | Event | Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers. | |
| August 22nd, 1966 (August 22 1966) | Birth | Eric Andolsek, American football player (died in 1992) | |
| August 22nd, 1966 (August 22 1966) | Birth | GZA, American rapper | |
| August 22nd, 1966 (August 22 1966) | Birth | Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer | |
| August 22nd, 1965 (August 22 1965) | Birth | Tom Gibis, American voice actor | |
| August 22nd, 1965 (August 22 1965) | Death | Ellen Church, First American airline stewardess (born in 1904) | |
| August 22nd, 1964 (August 22 1964) | Birth | Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player | |
| August 22nd, 1963 (August 22 1963) | Event | Joe Walker in X-15 test plane reaches altitude of 106 km (67 miles). | |
| August 22nd, 1963 (August 22 1963) | Birth | Tori Amos, American singer/songwriter | Tori Amos Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1963 (August 22 1963) | Birth | Terry Catledge, American basketball player | |
| August 22nd, 1962 (August 22 1962) | Event | An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails. | Charles de Gaulle Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1962 (August 22 1962) | Event | The NS Savannah, the world s first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage. | |
| August 22nd, 1961 (August 22 1961) | Birth | Roland Orzabal, British musician (Tears for Fears) | |
| August 22nd, 1961 (August 22 1961) | Birth | Debbi Peterson, American singer (The Bangles) | |
| August 22nd, 1960 (August 22 1960) | Death | Eduard Putsep, Estonian wrestler and Olympic medalist (born in 1898) | |
| August 22nd, 1959 (August 22 1959) | Birth | Juan Croucier, American musician | |
| August 22nd, 1959 (August 22 1959) | Birth | Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician | |
| August 22nd, 1958 (August 22 1958) | Birth | Colm Feore, American-born actor | |
| August 22nd, 1958 (August 22 1958) | Birth | Lane Huffman, American professional wrestler | |
| August 22nd, 1958 (August 22 1958) | Birth | Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour) | |
| August 22nd, 1958 (August 22 1958) | Death | Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1881) | |
| August 22nd, 1957 (August 22 1957) | Birth | Steve Davis, English snooker player | |
| August 22nd, 1956 (August 22 1956) | Birth | Paul Molitor, baseball player | |
| August 22nd, 1955 (August 22 1955) | Birth | Will Shetterly, writer | |
| August 22nd, 1955 (August 22 1955) | Birth | Chiranjeevi, Telugu film actor | |
| August 22nd, 1953 (August 22 1953) | Birth | Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager | |
| August 22nd, 1953 (August 22 1953) | Death | Jim Tabor, baseball player (born in 1916) | |
| August 22nd, 1952 (August 22 1952) | Event | The penal colony on Devil s Island is permanently closed. | |
| August 22nd, 1952 (August 22 1952) | Birth | Peter Laughner, American singer and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (died in 1977) | |
| August 22nd, 1951 (August 22 1951) | Birth | Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician | |
| August 22nd, 1950 (August 22 1950) | Event | Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis. | |
| August 22nd, 1950 (August 22 1950) | Birth | Ray Burris, baseball player | |
| August 22nd, 1950 (August 22 1950) | Death | Kirk Bryan, American geologist (born in 1888) | |
| August 22nd, 1949 (August 22 1949) | Event | Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada s largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake | |
| August 22nd, 1949 (August 22 1949) | Birth | Diana Nyad, American swimmer, world record holder | |
| August 22nd, 1949 (August 22 1949) | Birth | Doug Bair, baseball player | |
| August 22nd, 1949 (August 22 1949) | Birth | ?orarinn Eldjarn, an Icelandic writer | |
| August 22nd, 1949 (August 22 1949) | Birth | Alfred Musema, Rwandan genocidaire | |
| August 22nd, 1948 (August 22 1948) | Birth | Eleonora Brown, Italian actress | |
| August 22nd, 1947 (August 22 1947) | Birth | Cindy Williams, American actress | |
| August 22nd, 1947 (August 22 1947) | Birth | Donna Godchaux, singer (Grateful Dead) | |
| August 22nd, 1945 (August 22 1945) | Birth | Ron Dante, American songwriter and record producer (The Archies) | |
| August 22nd, 1945 (August 22 1945) | Birth | Erol Gelenbe, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician | |
| August 22nd, 1944 (August 22 1944) | Event | World War II: Thirty-two Spaniards & four French Maquis tackle a German column (1,300 men in 60 lorries, with 6 tanks & 2 self-propelled guns), at La Madeiline, France. Three Maquis are wounded, with 110 Germans killed and 200 wounded. | |
| August 22nd, 1944 (August 22 1944) | Event | World War II: Romania captured by the Soviet Union. | |
| August 22nd, 1943 (August 22 1943) | Birth | Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist | |
| August 22nd, 1942 (August 22 1942) | Event | World War II: Brazil declared war on Germany and Italy. | |
| August 22nd, 1942 (August 22 1942) | Birth | Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (died in 1993) | |
| August 22nd, 1942 (August 22 1942) | Death | Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (born in 1880) | |
| August 22nd, 1941 (August 22 1941) | Event | World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad. | |
| August 22nd, 1941 (August 22 1941) | Birth | Bill Parcells, American football coach | |
| August 22nd, 1940 (August 22 1940) | Birth | Valerie Harper, American actress | |
| August 22nd, 1940 (August 22 1940) | Birth | Bill McCartney, former college football coach | |
| August 22nd, 1940 (August 22 1940) | Death | Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist, spiritualist, pioneer in wireless telegraphy (born in 1851) | |
| August 22nd, 1939 (August 22 1939) | Birth | George Reinholt, American actor | |
| August 22nd, 1939 (August 22 1939) | Birth | Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player | |
| August 22nd, 1938 (August 22 1938) | Birth | Paul Maguire, American football commentator | |
| August 22nd, 1936 (August 22 1936) | Birth | Dale Hawkins, American singer and songwriter | |
| August 22nd, 1935 (August 22 1935) | Birth | E. Annie Proulx, American author | |
| August 22nd, 1934 (August 22 1934) | Birth | Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general | |
| August 22nd, 1934 (August 22 1934) | Birth | Sir Donald McIntyre, English bass-baritone | |
| August 22nd, 1932 (August 22 1932) | Event | The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting. See also Timeline of the BBC | |
| August 22nd, 1932 (August 22 1932) | Birth | Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut | |
| August 22nd, 1930 (August 22 1930) | Birth | Gilmar, Brazilian football player | |
| August 22nd, 1928 (August 22 1928) | Birth | Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate | |
| August 22nd, 1928 (August 22 1928) | Birth | Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (died in 2007) | Karlheinz Stockhausen Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1926 (August 22 1926) | Event | Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa. | |
| August 22nd, 1926 (August 22 1926) | Death | Charles W. Eliot, American President of Harvard University (born in 1834) | |
| August 22nd, 1925 (August 22 1925) | Birth | Honor Blackman, English actress | |
| August 22nd, 1925 (August 22 1925) | Birth | James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (died in 1989) | James Wood Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1922 (August 22 1922) | Event | Michael Collins, Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Beal na mBlath, County Cork, during the Irish Civil War. | Michael Collins Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1922 (August 22 1922) | Birth | Micheline Presle, French actress | |
| August 22nd, 1922 (August 22 1922) | Death | Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary (born in 1890) | Michael Collins Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1920 (August 22 1920) | Birth | Ray Bradbury, American writer | Ray Bradbury Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1920 (August 22 1920) | Birth | Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon | |
| August 22nd, 1918 (August 22 1918) | Birth | Mary McGrory, American journalist (died in 2004) | |
| August 22nd, 1918 (August 22 1918) | Death | Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (born in 1868) | |
| August 22nd, 1917 (August 22 1917) | Birth | John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (died in 2001) | |
| August 22nd, 1915 (August 22 1915) | Birth | David Dellinger, American social rights and peace movement leader (died in 2004) | |
| August 22nd, 1915 (August 22 1915) | Birth | Hugh Paddick, British actor (died in 2000) | |
| August 22nd, 1915 (August 22 1915) | Birth | James Hillier, Co-inventor of the electron microscope (died in 2007) | |
| August 22nd, 1915 (August 22 1915) | Birth | Edward Szczepanik, former Polish Prime Minister (died in 2005) | |
| August 22nd, 1914 (August 22 1914) | Event | World War I: In Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war. | |
| August 22nd, 1914 (August 22 1914) | Death | Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi bishop of Bergamo | |
| August 22nd, 1913 (August 22 1913) | Birth | Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (died in 1993) | |
| August 22nd, 1911 (August 22 1911) | Event | Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered. | |
| August 22nd, 1910 (August 22 1910) | Event | Japan illicitly annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon. | |
| August 22nd, 1909 (August 22 1909) | Birth | Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (died in 2000) | |
| August 22nd, 1909 (August 22 1909) | Birth | Mel Hein, American football player (died in 1992) | |
| August 22nd, 1909 (August 22 1909) | Birth | Lucille Ricksen, American actress (died in 1925) | |
| August 22nd, 1908 (August 22 1908) | Birth | Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (died in 2004) | |
| August 22nd, 1904 (August 22 1904) | Birth | Deng Xiaoping, Premier of the People s Republic of China (died in 1997) | Deng Xiaoping Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1903 (August 22 1903) | Death | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1830) | |
| August 22nd, 1902 (August 22 1902) | Event | Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile. | Theodore Roosevelt Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1902 (August 22 1902) | Event | The German Luger becomes the official German sidearm for both World Wars. | |
| August 22nd, 1902 (August 22 1902) | Birth | Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (died in 2003) | |
| August 22nd, 1902 (August 22 1902) | Birth | Thomas Pelly, American politician (died in 1973) | |
| August 22nd, 1901 (August 22 1901) | Event | Cadillac Motor Company founded. | |
| August 22nd, 1900 (August 22 1900) | Birth | Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (died in 1964) | |
| August 22nd, 1895 (August 22 1895) | Birth | Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (died in 1966) | |
| August 22nd, 1893 (August 22 1893) | Birth | Dorothy Parker, American writer (died in 1967) | Dorothy Parker Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1893 (August 22 1893) | Birth | Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (died in 1977) | |
| August 22nd, 1891 (August 22 1891) | Birth | Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-born American sculptor (died in 1973) | |
| August 22nd, 1891 (August 22 1891) | Death | Jan Neruda, Czech author (born in 1834) | |
| August 22nd, 1887 (August 22 1887) | Birth | Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German minister of finance (died in 1977) | |
| August 22nd, 1880 (August 22 1880) | Birth | George Herriman, American cartoonist (died in 1944) | |
| August 22nd, 1880 (August 22 1880) | Birth | Gorch Fock, German author and poet (died in 1916) | |
| August 22nd, 1875 (August 22 1875) | Event | The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands. | Ovid Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1874 (August 22 1874) | Birth | Max Scheler, German philosopher (died in 1928) | Philo Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1873 (August 22 1873) | Birth | Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (died in 1928) | Philo Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1867 (August 22 1867) | Birth | Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (died in 1939) | |
| August 22nd, 1864 (August 22 1864) | Event | Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed. | |
| August 22nd, 1862 (August 22 1862) | Birth | Claude Debussy, French composer (died in 1918) | |
| August 22nd, 1861 (August 22 1861) | Death | Xianfeng, Emperor of China (born in 1831) | |
| August 22nd, 1860 (August 22 1860) | Birth | Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, German inventor (died in 1940) | |
| August 22nd, 1860 (August 22 1860) | Birth | Eleonore of Reuss-Kostritz, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (died in 1917) | |
| August 22nd, 1857 (August 22 1857) | Birth | Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (died in 1937) | |
| August 22nd, 1854 (August 22 1854) | Birth | Milan I, King of Serbia (died in 1901) | |
| August 22nd, 1851 (August 22 1851) | Event | The first America s Cup is won by the yacht America. | |
| August 22nd, 1850 (August 22 1850) | Death | Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (born in 1802) | |
| August 22nd, 1849 (August 22 1849) | Event | First air raid in history. Austria launched pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice. | |
| August 22nd, 1848 (August 22 1848) | Event | The United States annexes New Mexico. | |
| August 22nd, 1848 (August 22 1848) | Birth | Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (died in 1929) | |
| August 22nd, 1845 (August 22 1845) | Birth | William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1924) | |
| August 22nd, 1836 (August 22 1836) | Birth | Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (died in 1918) | |
| August 22nd, 1834 (August 22 1834) | Birth | Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer (died in 1906) | |
| August 22nd, 1831 (August 22 1831) | Event | Nat Turner s slave rebellion revolt commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who were killed in retaliation for the uprising. | |
| August 22nd, 1828 (August 22 1828) | Death | Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroscientist (born in 1758) | |
| August 22nd, 1827 (August 22 1827) | Event | Jose de La Mar becomes President of Peru. | |
| August 22nd, 1827 (August 22 1827) | Birth | Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician (died in 1906) | |
| August 22nd, 1822 (August 22 1822) | Birth | Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe (died in 1847) | Edgar Allan Poe Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1818 (August 22 1818) | Death | Warren Hastings, British Governor-General of India (born in 1732) | |
| August 22nd, 1811 (August 22 1811) | Birth | William Kelly, American inventor (died in 1888) | |
| August 22nd, 1806 (August 22 1806) | Death | Jean-Honore Fragonard, French artist (born in 1732) | |
| August 22nd, 1800 (August 22 1800) | Birth | William S. Harney, U.S. general (died in 1889) | |
| August 22nd, 1800 (August 22 1800) | Birth | Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (died in 1865) | |
| August 22nd, 1798 (August 22 1798) | Event | French troops land in Kilcummin harbour, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone s United Irishmen s Irish Rebellion. | |
| August 22nd, 1797 (August 22 1797) | Death | Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (born in 1724) | |
| August 22nd, 1793 (August 22 1793) | Death | Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (born in 1713) | |
| August 22nd, 1791 (August 22 1791) | Event | Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue. | |
| August 22nd, 1780 (August 22 1780) | Event | James Cook s ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage). | |
| August 22nd, 1779 (August 22 1779) | Birth | James Kirke Paulding, American author (died in 1860) | |
| August 22nd, 1775 (August 22 1775) | Event | King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion. | |
| August 22nd, 1773 (August 22 1773) | Birth | Aime Bonpland, French explorer (died in 1858) | |
| August 22nd, 1773 (August 22 1773) | Death | George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (born in 1709) | |
| August 22nd, 1771 (August 22 1771) | Birth | Henry Maudslay, English inventor (died in 1831) | |
| August 22nd, 1770 (August 22 1770) | Event | James Cook s expedition lands on the east coast of Australia. | |
| August 22nd, 1764 (August 22 1764) | Birth | Charles Percier, French architect (died in 1838) | |
| August 22nd, 1760 (August 22 1760) | Birth | Pope Leo XII (died in 1829) | |
| August 22nd, 1752 (August 22 1752) | Death | William Whiston, English mathematician (born in 1667) | |
| August 22nd, 1717 (August 22 1717) | Event | Spanish troops land on Sardinia. | |
| August 22nd, 1711 (August 22 1711) | Death | Louis Francois, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (born in 1644) | |
| August 22nd, 1701 (August 22 1701) | Death | John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (born in 1628) | |
| August 22nd, 1680 (August 22 1680) | Death | John George II, Elector of Saxony (born in 1613) | |
| August 22nd, 1679 (August 22 1679) | Birth | Pierre Guerin de Tencin, French cardinal (died in 1758) | |
| August 22nd, 1654 (August 22 1654) | Event | Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America. | |
| August 22nd, 1652 (August 22 1652) | Death | Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (born in 1583) | |
| August 22nd, 1647 (August 22 1647) | Birth | Denis Papin, French physicist and inventor (died in c. 1712) | |
| August 22nd, 1642 (August 22 1642) | Event | Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War. | |
| August 22nd, 1639 (August 22 1639) | Event | Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company after buying a sliver of land from local Nayak rulers. | |
| August 22nd, 1624 (August 22 1624) | Birth | Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (died in 1701) | |
| August 22nd, 1609 (August 22 1609) | Death | Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (born in 1525) | Philo Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1607 (August 22 1607) | Death | Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (born in 1572) | |
| August 22nd, 1601 (August 22 1601) | Birth | Georges de Scudery, French writer (died in 1667) | |
| August 22nd, 1599 (August 22 1599) | Death | Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (born in 1577) | |
| August 22nd, 1599 (August 22 1599) | Death | Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (born in c. 1553) | |
| August 22nd, 1584 (August 22 1584) | Death | Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (born in 1530) | |
| August 22nd, 1572 (August 22 1572) | Death | Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland (born in 1528) | Thomas Percy Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1559 (August 22 1559) | Event | Bartolome Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy. | |
| August 22nd, 1553 (August 22 1553) | Death | John Dudley, English admiral and politician (born in 1501) | |
| August 22nd, 1485 (August 22 1485) | Event | The Battle of Bosworth Field death of Richard III and end of the House of Plantagenet. | |
| August 22nd, 1485 (August 22 1485) | Death | Richard III, King of England (born in 1452) | |
| August 22nd, 1358 (August 22 1358) | Death | Isabella, Queen of England (born in circa 1295) | |
| August 22nd, 1350 (August 22 1350) | Death | Philip VI, King of France (born in 1293) | |
| August 22nd, 1304 (August 22 1304) | Death | John II, Count of Hainaut (born in 1247) | |
| August 22nd, 1280 (August 22 1280) | Death | Nicholas III, Italian religious leader, 188th Pope (born in c. 1216) | |
| August 22nd, 1241 (August 22 1241) | Death | Gregory IX, Italian religious leader, 178th Pope (born in c. 1143) | Gregory I Quotes |
| August 22nd, 1188 (August 22 1188) | Death | Ferdinand II, King of Leon (born in 1137) | |
| August 22nd, 1155 (August 22 1155) | Death | Konoe, Emperor of Japan (born in 1139) | |
| August 22nd, 1138 (August 22 1138) | Event | Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England. | |
| August 22nd, 0851 (August 22 0851) | Event | Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. | |
| August 22nd, 0565 (August 22 0565) | Event | St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland. | |
| August 22nd, 0476 (August 22 0476) | Event | Odoacer is named Rex italiae by his troop. | |
| August 22nd, 0408 (August 22 0408) | Death | Stilicho, Roman general (born in 359) | |
| August 22nd, 0392 (August 22 0392) | Event | Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. | |
