Historical Events Happened In March - 22

1752  On this day in history pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later  Share it »

1752  On this day in history johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer  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  Stamp Act passed: first direct British tax on colonists on this day in history.  Share it »

1767  On this day in history cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance  Share it »

1771  Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf) on this day in history.  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  Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament on this day in history.  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  Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1790  On this day in history thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State  Share it »

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

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

1797  Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) on this day in history.  Share it »

1798  Justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

1813  Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on this day in history.  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  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna  Share it »

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

1822  Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice on this day in history.  Share it »

1824  On this day in history william Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army)  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  On this day in history birth of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)  Share it »

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

1366  Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1459  Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria was born on this day in history.  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  On this day in history birth of august Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)  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  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on this day in history.  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  On this day in history death of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)  Share it »

1589  Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.  Share it »

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