* Astronomy

Chennai, formerly Madras, was founded on 22 August 1639 by the British East India Company
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t4442164/chennai/

The Haida Gwaii earthquake of 1949 was a magnitude 8.1 interplate earthquake that struck on August 22, 1949
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37798475/queen-charlotte-islands-earthquake/

The Battle of Bosworth Field was fought on 22 August 1485
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t34171249/bosworth-battlefield/

Julius Caesar with two legions (Legio VII and Legio X) invaded Britannia on 22-23 August, 55BC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%27s_invasions_of_Britain

The Green Bank Telescope achieved First light on the 22nd August 2000
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t9526633/green-bank-telescope/

The earliest report of a monster associated with the vicinity of Loch Ness appears in the Life of St. Columba by Adomnán
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Columba#Scotland

On 22 August 1770 James Cook landed on Possession Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_Island_(Queensland)

Gerald Paul Carr (born August 22, 1932) is an engineer, retired United States Marine Corps colonel and former NASA astronaut. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44564905/gerald-paul-carr/

Raymonde de Laroche (22 August 1882 - 18 July 1919) was the first woman in the world to receive an aeroplane pilot's licence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymonde_de_Laroche

James Hillier (August 22, 1915 - January 15, 2007) was a Canadian-born scientist and inventor
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44564926/james-hillier-oc-1915-2007/

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) was an American, science fiction and mystery fiction writer.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49480776/ray-bradbury-1920-2012/

Denis Papin (22 August 1647 - c. 1712) was a French physicist best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Papin

Bruno Pontecorvo (August 22, 1913 - September 24, 1993) was an Italian-born nuclear physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Pontecorvo

Hannspeter Winter (August 22, 1941 - November 8, 2006) was an Austrian plasma physicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannspeter_Winter

Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 - February 27, 1906) was an American astronomer and pioneer of aviation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pierpont_Langley

Earl Larkin Williams (August 22, 1903 - February 7, 1974) was an American astronomer and mathematician.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Larkin_Williams

John Macon Thome (August 22, 1843 - September 27, 1908) was an American-Argentine astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Thome

Georg Christoph Eimmart, the younger (22 August 1638 - 5 January 1705) was a German draughtsman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Christoph_Eimmart

James Vernon Scotti (born 1960) is an American astronomer. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_V._Scotti

Karl Friedrich Küstner (August 22, 1856 - October 15, 1936) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_K%C3%BCstner

Maria Cunitz (1604 - 1664) was an accomplished German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Cunitz

NGC 528 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 22nd August 1865.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58374710/ngc-528/

NGC 5471 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 22nd August 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58374696/ngc-5471/

NGC 6689 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 22nd August 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58374637/ngc-6689/

NGC 6695 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 22nd August 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58374622/ngc-6695/

NGC 7594 was discovered by British amateur astronomer Andrew Ainslie Common in August 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58374606/ngc-7594/