22 August In History - What Happened On This Day

According to Gregory calendar, on August 22, the day number in a year is 235 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 236. August 22 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1138	The English forces drove a Scottish army at the battlefield battle near Northhellarton, Yorkshire.
1320	Sultan Nasiruddin Khusro of Delhi was defeated by Ghazi Malik.
1485	Under Richmond's Earl Henry Tuder, Lansstrian forces defeated Yorchist forces under Richard III, England in the Battle of Bosworth Field, decisively ended the wars of Roses.
1642	King Charles I of England set a royal standard in Nottingham, in which the First English Citizen War began.
1707	Sweden and Prussia signed military treaties.
1711	Queen Anne's Battle-e-British attempted to attack Quebec, in which eight ships were ruined on the St. Lawrence River.
1717	Spanish troops landed on Sardinia.
1762	N. Franklin became the first female editor of the American newspaper Newport RI, Mercury.
1775	King George III declared colonies to join the open rebellion.
1791	Inaugurating the HiTian revolution, a slave rebellion occurred in the French colonial of St.-Dominue.
1795	The year III constitution was ratified by the national constitution.
1798	French troops were stationed at Kilcummin in County Mayo to aid the Irish rebellion.
1817	Brazil's city of Araracara was discovered.
1848	The United States compromised New Mexico.
1849	First air raid in history: Austria launches pilotless balloon against the Italian city of Venice.
1851	The area of gold mines was discovered in Australia.
1851	The boat US won the first US Cup Race (Trophipricated) near the Isle of White in England.
1851	Yacht America won the first American race cup off the coast of England.
1864	The Red Cross Movement, led by Henry Dunant, officially signed the first Geneva Convention by twelve European countries, establishing the International Committee of Red Cross.
1865	William Sheppard was issued the first US patent for liquid soap.
1872	The Australian Overland Telegraph Line was completed, providing for the first time a telegraphic link between Australia and the rest of the world.
1910	Japan captured Korea with signing of the Korea-Japan Treaty Treaty, the period of Korea's Japanese rule began by the end of World War II.
1921	Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi lit Holi of foreign cloth.
1922	The Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Civil War-Irish National Army, Michael Collins, was killed, while the way to the village of Beel Na Mbláth via County Corkat.
1944	The Second World War Vaharamat infantry carried out an attack against the citizens of nine villages located in the Amari Valley on the Greek Island Crete.
1955	Chiranjeevi, a noted actor and politician of Telugu films, was born.
1962	The world's first nuclear-powered ship completed the voyage from Virginia to Georgia.
1962	An unsuccessful assassination attempt was made against French President Charles de Gaulle.
1968	Soviet invasion in Czech Prague and rally against United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
1969	The storms in the US killed 255 people.
1978	First President of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta died at the age of 83.
1989	Nolan Ryan of Texas Rangers attacked the Rice Henderson of Oklandethletics, which became the only pitcher in the Major Leagbase to record 5,000 strikes.
1996	The state government changed the name of Madras to Chennai.
1999	Airlines Flight 642 crashed in the Mandarin city of Hong Kong.
2005	Maria Sharapova has become the first Russian woman to achieve the world number one as she replaces the injured American Lindsay Devanport.
2006	NASA announced that its new manned space exploration vessel is going to succeed STS (or Space Shuttle) by 2014, and would be called Orion.
2006	Pulkovo Airlines flight 612 crashed near the Russian border East Ukraine, killing all 170 people.
2009	Two turkey farms are separated from fear in Walparaso of Chile to fall prey to swine influenza caught from humans.
2010	After talking about working on monkeys, United States officials allowed Ebola drug to test humans.
2011	The price of crude oil falls on the world markets due to the collapse and global economic approach of Muammar Gaddafi.
2012	Emergency has been announced in California, as due to wildlife that ends hundreds of buildings.
2012	At least 52 people died as a result of a series of ethnic conflicts between the Tana River district of Kenya of Oram and Pokomo tribe.
2013	The Nasdaq electronic stock exchange closes for three hours due to computer problem.

Event Year	Incident/Event
1639	The East India Company bought a small strip for the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire, Peda Venkat Raya, the King of the Vijayanagara Empire.
1818	Warren Hasting, the first Governor General of India, died.
1918	Indralal Rai, India's first proficient pilot, was killed in an air battle with Germany in London during the First World War.
2006	The United Kingdom promised to help reduce the mortality rate of children and mothers in India. The suggested plan was the estimated cost of 252 million pounds and was directed to improve the healthcare of the poor.
2008	Hundreds of Muslim Kashmiris in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir demanded independence from India.
2009	The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century appeared in India.
2012	Pranab Mukherjee was elected the 13th President of India.

Birth Year	Name/Category/Country
1924	Hari Shankar Parsai / Writer / India
1948	Paintal / Actor / India
1955	Chiranjeevi / Actor / India
1990	Devoleena Bhattacharjee / Actress / India

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