August 22 historical events
1138 — Battle of the Standard
The Battle of the Standard, sometimes called the Battle of Northallerton, in which English forces repelled a Scottish army, took place on 22 August 1138 on Cowton Moor near Northallerton in Yorkshire. The Scottish forces were led by King David I of Scotland. The English were commanded by William of Aumale. King Stephen of England (fighting rebel barons in the south) had sent a small force (largely mercenaries), but the English army was mainly local militia and baronial retinues from Yorkshire and the north Midlands. Archbishop Thurstan of York had exerted himself greatly to raise the army, preaching that to withstand the Scots was to do God's work.
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1464 — Siege of Jajce (1464)
The siege of Jajce took place between 10 July and 22 August 1464, during the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina, when an Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmed II made a new attempt to conquer Bosnia and take control of the strategic fortress of Jajce, south of Banja Luka, at the time under Hungarian control.
Bosnia and Herzegovina · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
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1485 — Battle of Bosworth Field
The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians. Their leader Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by his victory became the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty. His opponent, Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed in the battle.
England, United Kingdom · Leicestershire, United Kingdom · Market Bosworth, United Kingdom · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23
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1531 — Battle of Obertyn
The Battle of Obertyn (August 22, 1531) was fought between Moldavian Voivode Petru Rareş and Polish forces under hetman Jan Tarnowski, in the town of Obertyn, south of the Dniester River, now in Ukraine. The battle ended with a Polish victory and the reconquest of Pokutia.
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1638 — Battle of Getaria
The Battle of Getaria or the Battle of Guetaria are the names given to a battle in the Franco-Spanish War (1635 - 1659), which took place on 22 August 1638 at Getaria, northern Spain, when a French fleet under de Sourdis attacked and destroyed a Spanish fleet under Lope de Hoces.
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1777 — Battle of Setauket
The Battle of Setauket (August 22, 1777) was a failed attack during the American Revolutionary War on a fortified Loyalist outpost in Setauket, Long Island, New York, by a force of Continental Army troops from Connecticut under the command of Brigadier General Samuel Holden Parsons. In an attempt to repeat the success of the earlier Meigs Raid against Sag Harbor, Parsons' force crossed Long Island Sound to attack the Loyalist position. Alerted by spies to the planned assault, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hewlett strongly fortified the local Presbyterian church, surrounding it with a stockade and earthworks.
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1777 — Battle of Staten Island
The Battle of Staten Island was a raid by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces on Staten Island on August 22, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. After British Lieutenant General William Howe sailed with most of his army from New York in July, the Americans recognized that the British position on Staten Island was vulnerable, and planned an attack. Sullivan's raid was well-executed, but it suffered from a shortage of boats to effect the crossing, and one of its detachments was misled by its guide to the front of the enemy position rather than its rear.
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1796 — Battle of Theiningen
The Battle of Theiningen took place in Germany on 22–23 August 1796 during the War of the First Coalition. A French division, led by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, repulsed an attempted encirclement, and fought a successful rearguard action, despite being outnumbered three-to-one, against an Austrian army led by Archduke Charles of Austria, allowing the French Army of Sambre and Meuse to retreat toward the Rhine.
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1812 — Battle of Dahlenkirchen
The Battle of Dahlenkirchen took place on 22 August 1812, between French and allied troops, with a victory of the Russian army of about 6,000 against the French about 1,500 strong.
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1863 — Battle of Guayacanes (1863)
The Battle of Guayacanes (Spanish: Batalla de Guayacanes de 1863) was a battle of the Dominican Restoration War that took place on August 22, 1863 and lasted several hours. A Spanish column advancing toward Santiago was engaged by Dominican forces near Guayacanes. Dominicans opened the battle with rifle fire; Spanish troops launched several assaults on Dominican defensive positions but were repelled, and the battle devolved into hand-to-hand combat with bayonets and machetes.
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1866 — Action of 22 August 1866
The Action of 22 August 1866 occurred during the Chincha Islands War near Funchal, on the island of Madeira, and was the final action of the war battle between Spanish and Chilean forces. The Chilean steamer Tornado was captured by the Spanish frigate Gerona, on 22 August 1866 off the island of Madeira. Tornado had arrived in Madeira under the command of Juan MacPherson, an English commander in service of the Chilean Navy.
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1894 — Natal Indian Congress
The Natal Indian Congress was an organization that aimed to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa. The Natal Indian Congress was started by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, later known as the Mahatma. A constitution was put in place on 22 August 1894. During its formative years, the NIC introduced many early petitions for changes to proposed discrimatory legislations. It later allied itself with the African National Congress.
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1917 — Action of 22 August 1917
The action of 22 August 1917, took place during the First World War, in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front as part of the Third Battle of Ypres. The engagement was fought by the Fifth Army (General Hubert Gough) of the British Expeditionary Force and the German 4th Army (Lieutenant-General Friedrich Sixt von Armin).
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1920 — Battle of Białystok
The Battle of Białystok was a battle of the Polish–Soviet War that took place near and within Białystok, Poland on August 22, 1920.The battle was between the 1st Infantry Regiment and withdrawing from the Warsaw remains of the RSFSR's Red Army 16th Army group and 3rd Army troops in the city of Białystok; the confusion caused by the Soviet forces chased, since the defeat at Warsaw, crushing into the forces stationed in Białystok caused complete breakdown Bolshevik forces. Within the city, fighting took all day and covered the entire Białystok. The individual parts of the city repeatedly passed from the Polish to the Russian hands and back.
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1965 — Battle of Candlestick
The "Battle of Candlestick", also called the "Battle of San Francisco" or simply the "Marichal–Roseboro brawl", was a bench-clearing brawl which took place on August 22, 1965, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California, United States. In what is considered to be one of the most violent on-field brawls in sports history, pitcher Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants hit catcher John Roseboro of the Los Angeles Dodgers on the head with a bat, opening a gash on Roseboro's head and starting a fourteen-minute brawl between the teams in the middle of a heated pennant race.
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1981 — Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 was a scheduled flight from Taiwan Taipei Songshan Airport to Kaohsiung International Airport that crashed on 22 August 1981, killing all 110 people on board. The Boeing 737-200 aircraft disintegrated in midair and crashed in the township of Sanyi, Miaoli. It is also called the Sanyi Air Disaster. The crash is the third-deadliest aviation accident on the Taiwanese soil, behind China Airlines Flight 676 and China Airlines Flight 611.
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1984 — 1984 Indian vice presidential election
The 1984 Indian vice presidential election was held on 22 August 1984 to elect the vice president of India. R. Venkataraman was elected for the post, after he defeated B. C. Kamble in the election.
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1991 — Operation Brđani '91
Operation Brđani '91 (Croatian: Operacija Brđani '91) was a military action under taken by the Croatian National Guard (Croatian: Zbor narodne garde, ZNG) and the 2nd Guards Brigade on August 22, 1991.
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1993 — Summer Spectacular (1993)
Summer Spectacular (1993) was the second Summer Spectacular professional wrestling event produced by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW). The event took place on August 22, 1993 at the Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. Thirteen matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Atsushi Onita defeated Mr. Pogo in a no ropes exploding barbed wire time bomb cage deathmatch to win the new FMW Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship, which replaced the WWA World Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship.
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1995 — 1995 Brown County, Wisconsin Executive special election
The 1995 Brown County, Wisconsin Executive special election took place on August 22, 1995, following a primary election on July 25, 1995. Several weeks after winning re-election on April 4, 1995, County Executive Tom Cuene resigned effective June 2. Guy Zima, the Chairman of the County Board, became acting County Executive until July 5, when former County Executive Don Holloway was appointed as interim Executive.
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1999 — SummerSlam (1999)
SummerSlam (1999) was the twelfth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was presented by Chef Boyardee. It took place on August 22, 1999, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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1999 — China Airlines Flight 642
China Airlines Flight 642 was a scheduled flight that crashed at Hong Kong (Chek Lap Kok) International Airport on 22 August 1999. It was operating from Bangkok (Bangkok International Airport, now renamed as Don Mueang International Airport) to Taipei with a stopover in Hong Kong. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (registration B-150), touched down hard during landing, flipped over and caught fire.
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2010 — 2010 Nadeshiko League Cup final
2010 Nadeshiko League Cup final was the 6th final of the Nadeshiko League Cup competition. The final was played at Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium in Tokyo on August 22, 2010. Nippon TV Beleza won the championship.
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2015 — NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn was a professional wrestling show in the NXT TakeOver series that took place on August 22, 2015. The NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn event was produced by WWE, showcasing its NXT developmental brand, and streamed live on the WWE Network. The event took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York - the first night of what was billed as a WWE "triple-header" at the arena, with SummerSlam taking place the following evening, and Raw the night after that. This was the first NXT TakeOver held outside of Full Sail University; WWE promoted it as NXT being "on the biggest stage yet".
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2015 — Rising Phoenix World Championships
The IFBB Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships is a professional female bodybuilding competition, sponsored by Wings of Strength company founded by Jake and Kristal Wood, promoted by Tim Gardner Productions, and sanctioned by the International Federation of BodyBuilders (I.F.B.B.). It is the most prestigious IFBB professional female bodybuilding event around since the end of the Ms. Olympia. The first championship show took place in conjunction with the IFBB Texas Pro, the NPC Tim Gardner Texas Extravaganza, and the NPC National on August 22, 2015 at the Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Texas.
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2015 — Field of Honor (2015)
Field of Honor '15 was a professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on August 22, 2015 at the MCU Park in Brooklyn, New York. This event was made available on ROH Wrestling.com's Home Page in the Video on Demand Section.
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2020 — NXT TakeOver XXX
NXT TakeOver XXX was a 2020 professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. It was the 30th NXT TakeOver event and took place on August 22, 2020, at NXT's home venue at the time, Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida.
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2020 — UFC on ESPN: Munhoz vs. Edgar
UFC on ESPN: Munhoz vs. Edgar (also known as UFC on ESPN 15 and UFC Vegas 7) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 22, 2020, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
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2021 — 2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park in Dublin on 22 August 2021 between Cork and Limerick, the culmination of the 2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was the 134th final of that sport's primary competition, the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Limerick won the game by 3–32 to 1–22 to claim their third All-Ireland title in four years.
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2021 — NXT TakeOver 36
NXT TakeOver 36 was a 2021 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. It was the 36th and final NXT TakeOver event and took place on August 22, 2021, from the Capitol Wrestling Center, hosted at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
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2025 — 31st Sarajevo Film Festival
The 31st Sarajevo Film Festival took place between 15 and 22 August 2025 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Black comedy film The Pavilion, by Bosnian filmmaker Dino Mustafić, opened the festival. A total of 227 films from 65 countries were shown in 22 festival programmes, out of which 50 films competed for the Heart of Sarajevo awards across four competition categories: feature, documentary, short, and student films.
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