Template:On this day/22 August

22 August:

• 1791 – Beginnin o the Haitian Sclave Revolution in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
• 1864 – Twal naitions sign the First Geneva Convention, establishin the rules o pertection o the veectims o airmed conflicts.
• 1910 – Korea is annexed bi Japan wi the signin o the Japan–Korea Treaty o 1910, beginnin a period o Japanese rule o Korea that lastit till the end o Warld War II.
• 1922 – Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief o the Erse Free State Airmy, is shot deid in an ambush in the Erse Ceevil War.
• 1941 – Warld War II: German truips begin the Siege o Leningrad.

Claude Debussy (b. 1862) · Michael Collins (d. 1922) · Dua Lipa (b. 1995)