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On August 22...
August 22: Madras Day in Chennai, India (1639)
Reconstruction of Fort Stanwix
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).
- 1864 – Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.
- 1914 – First World War: German forces captured Rossignol in Belgium, taking more than 3,800 French prisoners.
- 1962 – An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.
- 2012 – A series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and the Pokomo in Kenya's Tana River District resulted in at least 52 deaths.
- Jan Kochanowski (d. 1584)
- Thomas Tredgold (b. 1788)
- Madame Nhu (b. 1924)
- Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (b. 1934)