What happened on 22 August?

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

1. 1791 Haitian Revolution Enslaved Africans overthrow French rule; first successful slave rebellion to found a state.
2. 1642 English Civil War Parliament defeats Charles I, who is executed in 1649 as England becomes a republic; the war ends with Charles II's defeat at Worcester in 1651.
3. 1791 Haitian Revolution begins Conventional start of Haitian Revolution.
4. 1485 Reign of Henry VII of England First Tudor king.
5. 1904 Born: Deng Xiaoping Architect of Chinese economic reform after Mao; ordered the Tiananmen crackdown.
6. 1922 Michael Collins is killed at Béal na Bláth Touring his native Cork against advice, the 31-year-old commander-in-chief of the Free State army — the man who won the intelligence war and signed the Treaty saying he was signing
7. 1642 Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham On a stormy August evening the royal standard goes up over Nottingham Castle, formally summoning England to fight for its king against its Parliament. The English Civil War has beg
8. 1862 Born: Claude Debussy French composer of Impressionist orchestral and piano music.