📅 Today in HistoryAugust 22

Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.

Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland, halting the expansion of West Francia.

Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.

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.

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.

Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy.

Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.

Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.

Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.