July 22
| 1298 | King Edward I defeats Scots under William Wallace at Falkirk. | |
| 1515 | Emperor Maximillian and Vladislav of Bohemia forge an alliance between the Hapsburg and Jagiello dynasties in Vienna. | |
| 1652 | Prince Conde's rebels narrowly defeat Chief Minister Mazarin's loyalist forces at St. Martin, near Paris. | |
| 1789 | Thomas Jefferson becomes the first head of the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs. | |
| 1812 | A British army under the Duke of Wellington defeats the French at Salamanca, Spain. | |
| 1814 | Five Indian tribes in Ohio make peace with the United States and declare war on Britain. | |
| 1881 | The first volume of The War of the Rebellion: A compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, is published. | |
| 1894 | The first automobile race takes place between Paris and Rouen, France. | |
| 1934 | American gangster John Dillinger is shot dead by FBI officers outside a Chicago cinema. | |
| 1938 | The Third Reich issues special identity cards for Jewish Germans. | |
| 1943 | Palermo, Sicily surrenders to General George S. Patton's Seventh Army. | |
| 1966 | B-52 bombers hit the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam for the first time. |
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