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 March - 22.  

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

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

1765  On March - 22 stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists  

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

1767  On March - 22 cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance  

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

1778  On March - 22 captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state we really should have claimed it!  

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 March - 22.  

1790  On this day in history 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  Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68 on March - 22.  

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

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

1799  On March - 22 f W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars  

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

1809  On this day in history 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  William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 on March - 22.  

1820  Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41 on March - 22.  

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

1822  On March - 22 new York Horticultural Society founded  

1822  Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice on March - 22.  

1824  On this day in history william Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army)  

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  On March - 22 birth of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)  

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

1366  On March - 22 birth of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)  

1459  Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria was born on this day in history.  

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  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68) was born on March - 22.  

1663  On March - 22 birth of august Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)  

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

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

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

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

1471  On March - 22 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  On this day in history death of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)