Historical Events In March - 22

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

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

1758  On March - 22 jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54  

1765  Stamp Act passed first direct British tax on colonists on March - 22.  

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

1765  Stamp Act passed: first direct British tax on colonists on this day in history.  

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

1771  Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf) on March - 22.  

1774  On this day in history a collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.  

1775  Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament on this day in history.  

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

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

1778  On March - 22 capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state  

1784  On March - 22 the Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.  

1790  On March - 22 thomas Jefferson becomes the first US Secretary of State  

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  On March - 22 gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68  

1797  Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) on March - 22.  

1798  On March - 22 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  Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer on this day in history.  

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 March - 22.  

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  On this day in history william Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888  

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

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

1822  On this day in history new York Horticultural Society founded  

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

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

1824  On March - 22 johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76  

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

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0841  Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885) was born on March - 22.  

1212  Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1503  Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.  

1599  On March - 22 birth of anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)  

1609  On this day in history birth of john II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68)  

1663  On this day in history birth of august Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)  

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

1322  Death of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278) on March - 22.  

1418  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on this day in history.  

1421  Death of Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388) on this day in history.  

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

1544  Death of Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488) on March - 22.  

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

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