Historical Events Happened In March - 22

1752  On March - 22 pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later  

1752  On this day in history johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer  

1758  On this day in history jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54  

1765  On this day in history stamp Act passed first direct British tax on colonists  

1765  Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists on this day in history.  

1765  On March - 22 stamp Act passed: first direct British tax on colonists  

1767  Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance on this day in history.  

1771  On this day in history heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf)  

1774  A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep on March - 22.  

1775  On March - 22 edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament  

1777  John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 on March - 22.  

1778  Captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state we really should have claimed it! on March - 22.  

1778  On this day in history capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state  

1784  The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand on this day in history.  

1790  Thomas Jefferson becomes the first US Secretary of State on this day in history.  

1790  Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State on this day in history.  

1794  On March - 22 congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries  

1796  Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1797  On this day in history kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)  

1798  On this day in history justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51  

1799  F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars on this day in history.  

1803  On this day in history anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer  

1809  On March - 22 charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.  

1813  Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on this day in history.  

1814  On this day in history thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)  

1817  On this day in history braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876  

1819  William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 on this day in history.  

1820  On this day in history stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41  

1822  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna  

1822  New York Horticultural Society founded on this day in history.  

1822  On March - 22 ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice  

1824  William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army) on March - 22.  

1824  On this day in history johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76  

1829  The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece on March - 22.  

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0841  Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885) was born on this day in history.  

1212  On March - 22 birth of emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)  

1366  Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399) was born on March - 22.  

1459  On March - 22 birth of maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria  

1503  On this day in history birth of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)  

1599  Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) was born on March - 22.  

1609  On March - 22 birth of john II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68)  

1663  August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727) was born on this day in history.  

0337  Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47 on March - 22.  

1322  Death of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278) on this day in history.  

1418  On March - 22 death of dietrich of Nieheim, German historian  

1421  On March - 22 death of thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)  

1471  On this day in history george van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies  

1544  On this day in history death of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)  

1589  On March - 22 lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67  

1602  Death of Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557) on this day in history.