King charles i raised his standard at nottingham, initiating a civil war in england between the royalists (also known as cavaliers) and parliament ( roundheads).

August 22nd, 1642

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calendar 1960

Beyond the Fringe, an influential satirical revue, opened in Edinburgh.

August 22, 1960

calendar 1933

The National Guard is banned

August 22, 1933

calendar 1922

Michael Collins - Irish general - killed

August 22, 1922

calendar 1920

Violent clashes in Belfast; 30 people are killed between August 23 and August 31; Catholics are expelled from shipyards and engineering works

August 22, 1920

calendar 1918

Dublin-born WWI ace Dennis Latimer shot down. A Bristol Fighter pilot and the highest scoring ace in 20 Squadron, Latimer shot down 28 enemy aircraft between March and August of 1918. On this date, he and his observer, Lieutenant T.C. Noel, were shot down

August 22, 1918

calendar 1912

Birth of Irish American actor Gene Kelly

August 22, 1912

calendar 1908

Birth in Dublin of Mervyn Wall, writer who wrote under the pseudonym of Eugene Welply

August 22, 1908

calendar 1889

Birth in Belfast of Sean McEntee, Fianna Fail politician

August 22, 1889

calendar 1887

The Land Act gives courts the power to revise and fix rents

August 22, 1887

calendar 1881

Second Gladstone Land Act introduces the three Fs - fair rent, fixity of tenure, free sale - and sets up the Land Commission

August 22, 1881

calendar 1850

First Catholic Synod in Ireland since the Middle Ages in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Paul Cullen summons the synod which runs from this date through September 10

August 22, 1850

calendar 1847

Birth of Sir Alexander Campbell MacKenzie, musician and composer.

August 22, 1847

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