What happened on August 22

56 documented historical events happened on August 22, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses. On the same day, in another year: The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on August 22, including Julius J. Epstein, Mel Hein, Bruno Pontecorvo. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

121 people with a Wikipedia article died on August 22, including Stilicho, Pope Gregory IX, Pope Nicholas III. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.

9 observances are celebrated on August 22 around the world: Christian feast day: Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic calendar of 1960), Christian feast day: John Kemble, Christian feast day: Queenship of Mary, Christian feast day: Blessed Symeon Lukach, Christian feast day: August 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.