January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death August 22, 1918
The temperature on August 22, 1918 was between 15.2 °C and 30.3 °C and averaged 23.0 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
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