Day In History
This Day in History
Today: August 22, 2026
392
Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
851
Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
1138
Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.[1]
1485
The Battle of Bosworth Field occurs; King Richard III of England's death in battle marks the end of the reigning Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudors under Henry VII.[2]
1559
Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy.
1614
Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
1639
Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1642
Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
1654
Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
1711
Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
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