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What happened on 22 July?
6 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.
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.
1812
Battle of Salamanca
Wellington crushes Marmont in a brilliant Spanish summer manoeuvre; turns the Peninsular War in the Allies' favour.
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.
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, refusing 'a crown of gold where Christ wore a crown of thorns'. He takes 'Ad
1587
Roanoke Colony lost
Raleigh's English settlement in Virginia vanishes, the famous 'Lost Colony'.
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
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