Historical Events Happened In March - 22

1752  Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later on this day in history.  Share it »

1752  Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1758  Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1765  On this day in history stamp Act passed: first direct British tax on colonists  Share it »

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

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

1774  A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep on this day in history.  Share it »

1775  On this day in history edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament  Share it »

1777  On this day in history john Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77  Share it »

1778  On this day in history captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state we really should have claimed it!  Share it »

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

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

1790  On this day in history thomas Jefferson becomes the first US Secretary of State  Share it »

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

1794  Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries on this day in history.  Share it »

1796  On this day in history gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68  Share it »

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

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

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

1803  Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer on this day in history.  Share it »

1809  Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne on this day in history.  Share it »

1813  On this day in history gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886  Share it »

1814  Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood) on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1820  Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41 on this day in history.  Share it »

1822  Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna on this day in history.  Share it »

1822  On this day in history new York Horticultural Society founded  Share it »

1822  On this day in history ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice  Share it »

1824  William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.  Share it »

1824  Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  Share it »

1829  The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1212  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)  Share it »

1366  On this day in history birth of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)  Share it »

1459  On this day in history birth of maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria  Share it »

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

1599  On this day in history birth of anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)  Share it »

1609  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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

0337  On this day in history constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47  Share it »

1322  On this day in history death of thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)  Share it »

1418  On this day in history death of dietrich of Nieheim, German historian  Share it »

1421  On this day in history death of thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)  Share it »

1471  George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1544  Death of Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488) on this day in history.  Share it »

1589  On this day in history lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67  Share it »

1602  On this day in history death of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)  Share it »