1559 - Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic
1639 - Madras (now Chennai), India, was founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1642 - Civil War in England began between Royalists & Parliament
1770 - James Cook's expedition landed on the east coast of Australia.
1787 - John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
1791 - Haitian Slave Revolution began under voodoo priest Boukman
1849 - The first air raid in history; Austria launched pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice.
1864 - An agreement was signed at the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field. Geneva, 22 August 1864. 16 states attended the convention.
http://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/INTRO/120?OpenDocument
150th anniversary was celebrated on 22 August 2014.
http://www.redcross.org.au/geneva-conventions-150.aspx
1894 - Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal
1901 - Cadillac Motor Company was founded.
1910 - Japan annexed Korea.
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1639 - Madras (now Chennai), India, was founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1642 - Civil War in England began between Royalists & Parliament
1770 - James Cook's expedition landed on the east coast of Australia.
1787 - John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
1791 - Haitian Slave Revolution began under voodoo priest Boukman
1849 - The first air raid in history; Austria launched pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice.
1864 - An agreement was signed at the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field. Geneva, 22 August 1864. 16 states attended the convention.
http://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/INTRO/120?OpenDocument
150th anniversary was celebrated on 22 August 2014.
http://www.redcross.org.au/geneva-conventions-150.aspx
1894 - Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal
1901 - Cadillac Motor Company was founded.
1910 - Japan annexed Korea.
Important History Events of 22 August - Video
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