August 22 is the 234th (235th in leap years) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of the year.
Railways
- August 22, 1951 Adapazarı Railway Factory was opened
Events
- 1642 – English Civil War begins.
- 1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New-Amsterdam, which will become New York in the future. He was the first Jew to settle in what would be called "USA".
- 1703 – III. Ahmed, II. He ascended the throne instead of Mustafa and became the new Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1780 - British James Cook's ship returned to Great Britain.
- 1791 - First slave uprising in Haiti.
- 1812 – Discovery of the archaeological site Petra in Jordan.
- 1848 - The United States annexed (conquered) New Mexico.
- 1849 - The first military air raid in history took place. Austria sent pilotless air balloons to Venice, Italy.
- 1864 – 12 states signed the first Geneva Convention: Creation of the Red Cross.
- 1901 - Cadillac Motor Company was founded.
- 1910 - Japan annexed Korea.
- 1941 - The German Army reaches Leningrad and the siege begins.
- 1942 - Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy.
- 1952 – by Henri Charrière Butterfly to his novel and to the movie Prison facilities in French Guiana, which was the subject of the article, were completely closed.
- 1961 – Higher Education Credit and Hostels Institution was established.
- 1962 – An assassination attempt on French President Charles de Gaulle fails.
- 1962 - NS, the first nuclear-powered cargo and passenger ship Savannah made its inaugural journey.
- 1965 – Sadun Boro started his world tour with his sailboat.
- 1989 - Discovery of the first ring of the planet Neptune.
Births
- 1647 – Denis Papin, French physicist and explorer (d. 1713)
- 1760 – XII. Leo, 252nd Pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1829)
- 1764 – Josef Abel, Austrian painter (d. 1818)
- 1773 – Aime Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (d. 1858)
- 1811 – Charles de Lalaisse, French lithographer, designer, and painter (d. 1892)
- 1844 – George W. DeLong, American naval officer and explorer (d. 1881)
- 1860 Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist (d. 1940)
- 1862 – Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
- 1873 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian scientist, philosopher, and science fiction writer (d. 1928)
- 1874 – Max Ferdinand Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
- 1882 – Raymonde de Laroche, French female pilot (who received the world's first aircraft pilot license) (d. 1919)
- 1887 – Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk, German financier, politician, and last Chancellor of Nazi Germany (d. 1977)
- 1890 – Cecil Kellaway, English/South African character actor (d. 1973)
- 1891 – Jacques Lipchitz, Jewish-Lithuanian-American cubist sculptor (d. 1973)
- 1893 – Dorothy Parker, American poet, author, critic, and satirist (d. 1967)
- 1902 – Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and producer (d. 2003)
- 1904 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician and President of China (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
- 1909 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian nuclear physicist (d. 1993)
- 1915 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and last Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile (d. 2005)
- 1917 – John Lee Hooker, American blues singer, guitarist, and composer (d. 2001)
- 1920 – Ray Bradbury, American author (d. 2012)
- 1925 – Honor Blackman, English actor (d. 2020)
- 1926 – Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Turkish poet (d. 1984)
- 1928 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German classical music and opera composer (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Gilmar, Brazilian football player (d. 2013)
- 1934 Norman Schwarzkopf, American soldier (d. 2012)
- 1935 – E. Annie Proulx, American novelist and journalist
- 1939 – Valerie Harper, American actress, comedian, dancer, and author (d. 2019)
- 1942 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (d. 1993)
- 1944 – Ayşen Gruda, Turkish theater and film actress (d. 2019)
- 1954 – Veysel Çolak, Turkish poet and novelist
- 1957 – Steve Davis, English professional snooker player
- 1958 – Colm Feore, American-Canadian stage, film and television actor
- 1958 – Necdet Adalı, Turkish revolutionary (the first revolutionary executed after the 12 September Coup) (d. 1980)
- 1959 – Mark Williams, English actor and comedian
- 1963 Tori Amos, American singer
- 1966 – GZA, American rapper (member of Wu-Tang Clan)
- 1966 – Rob Witschge, Dutch football player and manager
- 1967 – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actress
- 1967 – Layne Staley, American musician (d. 2002)
- 1967 – Ty Burrell, American actor
- 1968 – Aleksandr Mostovoy, Russian-born Soviet national football player
- 1968 – Anne Nurmi, Finnish singer, composer, songwriter and keyboardist, member of the musical group Lacrimosa
- 1970 – Gianluca Ramazzotti, Italian actor
- 1970 – Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer and sports manager
- 1973 – Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1973 - Kristen Wiig, American actress
- 1975 – Clint Bolton, Australian national football player
- 1975 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
- 1976 – Aslıhan Yeltekin, Turkish journalist and presenter
- 1977 – Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic national football player
- 1978 – James Corden, English actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer and television presenter
- 1978 – Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
- 1980 – Ali Barışık, Chilean football player
- 1983 – Theo Bos, Dutch road and trail cyclist
- 1984 – Ekin Turkmen, Turkish actress and model
- 1984 – Lawrence Quaye, Ghana-born Qatari football player
- 1984 – Lee Camp, English football player
- 1985 – Salih Yoluc, Turkish racing driver
- 1986 - Adrian Neville, English wrestler
- 1986 – Stephen Ireland, Irish football player
- 1986 – Tokushōryū Makoto, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1987 - Apollo Crews, American wrestler
- 1989 – Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian national football player
- 1991 – Federico Macheda, Italian football player
- 1991 – Uğur Kaynak, Turkish football player
- 1992 – Elvin Yunuszade, Azerbaijani football player
- 1994 – Astou Ndour, Spanish basketball player
- 1995 – Dua Lipa, English singer, songwriter and model
- 1996 – Somin, South Korean singer
- 1997 - Lautaro Martinez, Argentine national football player
Deaths
- 408 – Stilicho, Roman general (Magister militum) (b. 359)
- 1155 – Konoe, 76th emperor of Japan in traditional succession (b. 1139)
- 1241 – IX. Gregory, 178th Pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1170)
- 1280 – III. Nicolaus, 188th Pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1225)
- 1350 – VI. Philippe, King of France (b. 1293)
- 1358 - Isabella, King of England II. Edward's wife (b. 1295)
- 1456 – II. Vladislav, Voivode of the Principality of Wallachia (b. ?)
- 1485 – III. Richard, King of England (b. 1452)
- 1545 – Charles Brandon, English military leader (b. 1484)
- 1553 – John Dudley, English politician and soldier (b. 1504)
- 1652 – Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and soldier (b. 1583)
- 1791 – Johann David Michaelis, German theologian (b. 1717)
- 1817 – Nakşidil Sultan, Ottoman Sultan II. Mahmut's mother, Valide Sultan and wife of Abdulhamit I (b. 1768)
- 1860 – Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, French painter (b. 1803)
- 1861 – Xianfeng, 9th emperor of China's Qing Dynasty (b. 1831)
- 1891 – Jan Neruda, Czech writer (b. 1834)
- 1903 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
- 1904 – Kate Chopin, American short story writer (b. 1851)
- 1920 – Anders Zorn, Swedish painter, engraver, sculptor, and photographer (b. 1860)
- 1922 – Michael Collins, Irish politician and leader of the Irish independence struggle (b. 1890)
- 1929 – Otto Liman von Sanders, German general and Ottoman Marshal (b. 1855)
- 1942 – Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and ballet dancer (b. 1880)
- 1946 – Döme Sztójay, Hungarian soldier, diplomat, and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary (b. 1883)
- 1958 – Roger Martin du Gard, French writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
- 1966 – Erwin Komenda, German-Austrian automobile designer (b. 1904)
- 1972 – Orhan Seyfi Orhon, Turkish poet (Member of the Five Syllables group) (b. 1890)
- 1974 – Jacob Bronowski, English mathematician, biologist, poet, and inventor (b. 1908)
- 1976 – Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian politician and President of Brazil (b. 1902)
- 1978 – Ignazio Silone, Italian writer (b. 1900)
- 1978 – Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician and first prime minister of Kenya (b. 1889)
- 1985 – Turgut Uyar, Turkish poet (b. 1927)
- 1986 – Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, statesman and president (b. 1883)
- 1989 – Huey P. Newton, African-American political activist and founder of the Black Panther Party (b. 1942)
- 1991 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (b. 1924)
- 1991 – Boris Pugo, Latvian-born Soviet politician (b. 1937)
- 1993 – Baki Erdogan, alleged torture victim of DHKP-C
- 2000 – Ebulfez Elçibey, Azerbaijani politician (b. 1938)
- 2010 – Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav football player and manager (b. 1923)
- 2010 – Michel Montignac, French diet developer and author (b. 1944)
- 2013 – Jetty Paerl, Dutch-German singer (b. 1921)
- 2014 – John S. Waugh, American chemist (b. 1929)
- 2015 – Mariem Hassan, Western Saharan singer (b. 1958)
- 2015 – Ieng Thirith, Cambodian politician (Minister of Social Affairs of the Khmer Rouge) (b. 1921)
- 2016 – Farid Ali, Bangladeshi actor (b. 1945)
- 2016 – Michael Brooks, American basketball player (b. 1958)
- 2016 – Sellapan Ramanathan, Singaporean politician and 6th President of the Republic of Singapore (b. 1924)
- 2017 – John Abercrombie, American jazz musician and guitarist (b. 1944)
- 2017 – Alain Berbérian, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1953)
- 2017 – Feyyaz Berker, Turkish businessman and founder of Tekfen Holding (b. 1925)
- 2017 – Tony deBrum, Marshall Islands politician and activist (b. 1945)
- 2017 – Şükrü Kızılot, Turkish academic and journalist (b. 1958)
- 2017 – Tom Prichard, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1917)
- 2017 – Bülent Uluer, Turkish political activist, politician and former Revolutionary Youth (Dev-Genç) Chairman (b. 1952)
- 2018 – Tullio Ilomets, Estonian chemist, historian, scientist and historian (b. 1921)
- 2018 – Gurudas Kamat, Indian lawyer, economist and politician (b. 1954)
- 2018 – Ed King, American rock musician and songwriter (b. 1949)
- 2018 – Lazy Lester, American blues musician (b. 1933)
- 2018 – Jesus Torbado, Spanish writer (b. 1943)
- 2019 – Junior Agogo, Ghanaian football player (b. 1979)
- 2019 – Tim Fischer, Australian politician and diplomat (b. 1946)
- 2020 – John Bangsund, Australian science fiction critic (b. 1939)
- 2020 – Mrinal Haque, Bangladeshi sculptor (b. 1958)
- 2020 – Emil Jula, Romanian football player (b. 1980)
- 2020 – Karim Kamalov, Uzbek politician (b. 1954)
- 2020 – Ulla Pia, Danish singer (b. 1945)
- 2021 – Alberto Bica, former Uruguayan professional footballer who played on the right wing (b. 1958)
- 2021 – Pierre Dumay, retired French racing driver (b. 1928)
- 2021 – Marilyn Eastman, American actress (b. 1927)
- 2021 – Edin Šaranović, Bosnian former football player and manager (b. 1976)
- 2021 – Eric Wagner, American heavy metal singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
- 2022 – Jerry Allison, American rock singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1939)
- 2022 – Adnan Çoker, Turkish painter and academic (b. 1927)
- 2022 – Theo Sommer, German newspaper editor and intellectual (b. 1930)
- 2022 – Margaret Urlich, New Zealand singer (b. 1965)