THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 22
November 22 in history
What happened on November 22: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1857 and 1914, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Siege of Lucknow
30 Jun – 22 Nov 1857 — About 1,700 defenders, 712 of them loyal sepoys, and 1,280 non-combatants held the Residency for almost five months while Begum Hazrat Mahal governed Awadh in her young son’s name. Campbell evacuated it in November; Lucknow fell only in March 1858.
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— First Battle of Ypres
19 Oct-22 Nov 1914 — The last open-field battle in the west: the BEF’s pre-war regulars stop the final German drive for the Channel ports, and are nearly annihilated doing it. The line from the sea to Switzerland is now continuous.
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