What happened on 22 July?

10 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1099 Kingdom of Jerusalem Godfrey of Bouillon refuses crown but accepts 'Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre'; his brother Baldwin I is crowned king on Christmas Day 1100.
2. 1812 Battle of Salamanca Wellington crushes Marmont in a brilliant Spanish summer manoeuvre; turns the Peninsular War in the Allies' favour.
3. 1099 Godfrey refuses a crown in Jerusalem A week after the city falls, Godfrey of Bouillon is chosen to rule it — and declines the title of king, by tradition refusing 'a crown of gold where Christ wore a crown of thorns'.
4. 1456 Siege of Belgrade (1456) John Hunyadi and the crusade-preaching friar Capistrano break Mehmed II's siege of Belgrade, halting the Ottoman advance for 65 years; the noon bells still commemorate it.
5. 1969 Franco names Juan Carlos his successor Franco designates the grandson of Spain's last king as future head of state — who, once crowned, dismantles the dictatorship.
6. 1587 Roanoke Colony lost Raleigh's English settlement in Virginia vanishes, the famous 'Lost Colony'.
7. 1908 Tilak jailed in Mandalay Convicted of sedition for articles defending Bengali revolutionaries, Tilak spends six years in Mandalay jail, where he writes his commentary on the Gita.
8. 1997 Funcrusher Plus (Company Flow album) Rawkus's defining release: abrasive, independent and proud of it.
9. 1921 Battle of Annual Abd el-Krim's Riffians rout the Spanish army at Annual, killing perhaps 10,000 soldiers in days — the 'Disaster of Annual' that destroyed Spain's Moroccan position and helped bring
10. 2013 Birth of Prince George of Wales Crowds camp outside St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, for the birth of William and Catherine's first child — a future king, third in line at birth.