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In 1791, The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.
August 22 in History
1791 — The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti
August 22 spans 55 recorded events across recorded history, from 392 to 2012. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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55 events
392 – 2012
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The revolution was one of the only known slave rebellions in human history that led to the founding of a state which was both free from slavery and ruled by former captives. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
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In 1791, The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
Did you know
In 1791, The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
Did you know
In 1791, The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
392
851
Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland, halting the expansion of West Francia.
Battle between the Duchy of Brittany and West Francia (851 CE)
1138
Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
1138 battle between England and Scotland
1153
Crusader–Fatimid wars: The fortress of Ascalon was surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem.
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.
1485 battle during the Wars of the Roses
1559
Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy.
Bishop of higher rank in many Christian denominations
1614
Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
Antisemitic pogrom in Frankfurt
1639
Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
Capital of Tamil Nadu, India
1642
Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649
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.
1711 failed British attempt to attack Quebec during Queen Anne's War
1717
1770
James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
1777
British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
Part of the American Revolutionary War
1780
James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
Sloop of the Royal Navy
1798
French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.
Civil parish in Ireland
1846
The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
Period of Mexican history from 1846 to 1863
1849
Passaleão incident: João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, the governor of Portuguese Macau, is assassinated by a group of Chinese locals, triggering a military confrontation between China and Portugal at the Battle of Passaleão three days after.
1849 Portuguese-China conflict over Macau
1864
Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
First of four treaties of the Geneva Conventions, adopted in 1864
1875
The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
Territorial settlement between Japan and Russia
1894
Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
1902
The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
Luxury car manufacturing division of General Motors
1902
Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
President of the United States from 1901 to 1909
1902
At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.
Earthquake near the China–Kyrgyzstan border
1922
Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
Irish revolutionary and politician (1890–1922)
1934
Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
Australian cricketer (1897–1965)
1944
World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
1949
The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
Magnitude 8.1 earthquake in the Canadian Pacific Northwest
1953
The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
Remote settlement housing convicts
1962
The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
1961–1962 French far-right paramilitary organisation in the Algerian War
1963
X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).
1963 American crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
1965
Juan Marichal, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, strikes John Roseboro, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, on the head with a bat, sparking a 14-minute brawl, one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history.
Dominican baseball player (born 1937)
1966
Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
American trade union
1968
Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia.
It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
1972
Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
Unrecognised state in Southern Africa (1965–1979)
1973
The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
National legislature of Chile
1978
Nicaraguan Revolution: The FSLN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages.
1961–1990 anti-Somoza revolution and Sandinista rule
1978
The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S.
Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.
1981
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
All 110 people on board are killed.
1985
British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport.
The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
1989
Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
American baseball player (born 1947)
1991
Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
Island country in the Atlantic Ocean
1992
FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
U.S. federal law enforcement agency
1999
China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at Hong Kong International Airport, killing three people and injuring 208 more.
August 1999 plane crash in Hong Kong
2003
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
2004
Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
1893 painting by Edvard Munch
2006
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
2006 aviation accident
2006
Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
Russian mathematician (born 1966)
2007
The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
Major League Baseball franchise in Arlington, Texas
2012
Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
Ethnic violence in Kenya