Historical Events In August - 22

0392  Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor on August - 22.  

0408  On August - 22 flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48  

0476  On August - 22 odoacer is named Rex italiae by his troop.  

0565  On August - 22 st Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness  

0634  Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies on this day in history.  

0851  On August - 22 erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.  

1138  English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard on this day in history.  

1241  On August - 22 gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies  

1280  Nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies on August - 22.  

1286  On this day in history erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered  

1350  Philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies on August - 22.  

1367  On this day in history egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57  

1454  On August - 22 jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus  

1485  Richard III slain at Bosworth Field-last of Plantagenets on August - 22.  

1485  On August - 22 battle of Bosworth Field  

1485  Richard III, king of England (1483-85), killed in battle at 32 on this day in history.  

1530  On this day in history bartolomeo Spontone, composer  

1532  On this day in history william Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82  

1543  Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren on this day in history.  

1553  John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded on August - 22.  

1559  Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic on August - 22.  

1572  Failed assassination on admiral De Coligny on this day in history.  

1582  King James IV of Scotland captured on August - 22.  

1603  On this day in history 1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam  

1614  Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase & plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt on this day in history.  

1615  Christopher Gibbons, composer on this day in history.  

1632  Prince Frederik Hendrik occupies Maastricht on August - 22.  

1639  On August - 22 madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.  

1642  English Civil War begins on this day in history.  

1642  Civil War in England began between Royalists & Parliament on this day in history.  

1647  On August - 22 denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine)  

1654  Jacob Barsimson, said to be first Jewish immigrant to America, lands at New Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1654  Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one ot the first Jewish colonists on this day in history.  

1680  On this day in history johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony (1656-80), dies at 67  

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1530  Bartolomeo Spontone, composer was born on this day in history.  

1601  Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667) was born on August - 22.  

1615  On August - 22 birth of christopher Gibbons, composer  

1624  Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.  

1647  On August - 22 birth of denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine)  

1679  Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758) was born on August - 22.  

1681  On this day in history birth of pierre Danican Philidor, composer  

1753  On this day in history birth of christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer  

0408  On this day in history flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48  

0634  Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies on August - 22.  

1155  Death of Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139) on August - 22.  

1188  Death of Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137) on August - 22.  

1241  On this day in history gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies  

1280  Nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies on this day in history.  

1286  Death of Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 22.  

1304  Death of John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247) on August - 22.