THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 22
August 22 in history
What happened on August 22: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1791, 1910 and 1978, each linked to the map that shows it.
On the night of 22–23 August the enslaved of Saint-Domingue’s northern plain rise; within months more than a thousand estates lie in ruins and the only successful slave revolution in history has begun.
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— Japanese annexation of Korea
22 Aug 1910 — In Seoul the Korean prime minister Yi Wan-yong signs a treaty handing “complete and permanent” sovereignty to the Japanese emperor; it is announced on 29 August. Korea, ruled by the Joseon dynasty since 1392, becomes the Japanese colony of Chōsen for 35 years.
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— Mombasa
1896–1978 — The Uganda Railway began here in May 1896, and the port stayed the protectorate’s capital until 1905. Jomo Kenyatta landed here in September 1946 after fifteen years in Britain, and died at State House, Mombasa, on 22 August 1978.
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