Battles on 22 August

14 battles fought (or begun) on 22 August, from 1638 to 2025, in date order. Dates are from Wikidata and are shown only for battles from 1600 onwards with a single exact date. Dates recorded in the Julian (Old Style) calendar are listed under their Julian day and marked.

Which battles happened on 22 August?

The best-known battles on this day (by number of Wikipedia language editions) are Battle of Staten Island (1777), Siege of Akhoulgo (1839), Battle of Getaria (1638).

• Battle of Getaria 22 August 1638Spain · Franco-Spanish War
• Battle of Ooscota 22 August 1768 – 23 August 1768India
• Battle of Setauket 22 August 1777United States · American Revolutionary War
• Battle of Staten Island 22 August 1777United States · American Revolutionary War
• Action of 22 August 1795 22 August 1795Norway · French Revolutionary Wars
• Battle of Theiningen 22 August 1796 – 23 August 1796Germany · War of the First Coalition
• Siege of Akhoulgo 22 August 1839Russia · Caucasian War
• First Battle of Rappahannock Station 22 August 1862 – 25 August 1862United States · American Civil War
• Battle of Złoczew 22 August 1863Poland · January Uprising
• Affair of Khra 22 August 1914Togo · Togoland campaign
• Battle of Rossignol 22 August 1914Belgium · Battle of the Frontiers
• Sinking of SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 22 August 1914 – 22 August 1914Morocco · World War I
• Action of 22 August 1917 22 August 1917Belgium · Third Battle of Ypres
• 2025 Sulaymaniyah clashes 22 August 2025Iraq