What Happened in 1822

Harriet Tubman is born

Harriet Tubman was born Araminta "Minty" Ross to slave parents, Harriet ("Rit") Green and Ben Ross. Rit was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess (and... Read more

Étienne Lenoir is born

Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir was a Belgian engineer who developed the internal combustion engine in 1859. Prior designs for such engines were... Read more

Jean-Pierre Boyer Invades Dominican Republic and Succeeds in Uniting Island of Hispaniola

After promising protection to several Dominican frontier governors and securing their allegiance, Boyer invaded the Dominican Republic with a force... Read more

Frederick Law Olmsted Is Born

Frederick Law Olmsted, nineteenth-century America's foremost landscape architect, was born on April 26, 1822. Son of a well-to-do Hartford,... Read more

Ulysses S. Grant Is Born

On April 27, 1822, military leader and U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. A quiet, unassuming, and keenly... Read more

Rutherford B. Hayes Is Born

On October 4, 1822, Rutherford Birchard Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio. A graduate of Kenyon College and Harvard Law School, Hayes entered... Read more

"The Night Before Christmas" Is Written

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney... Read more

Louis Pasteur Is Born

Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822, in Dole in the Jura region of France, into the family of a poor tanner. Louis grew up in the town of... Read more