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August 22

3 sourced moments from August 22 in history: Bosworth made Henry VII king, but the wars ended in 1487 (1485); The Haitian Revolution began (1791); and The first Geneva Convention was adopted (1864).

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3 things happened on August 22

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1864 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The first Geneva Convention was adopted

Twelve nations signed a single page that, for the first time, made mercy in war a matter of law.

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1791 History · Modern

The Haitian Revolution began

On a single August night in 1791, enslaved people in a French colony lit the fuse on the only slave revolt ever to found a nation.

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1485 History · Medieval

Bosworth made Henry VII king, but the wars ended in 1487

Richard III died at Bosworth in 1485, but the last battle of the Wars of the Roses came two years later, at Stoke Field.

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