Historical Events For March - 22

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

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

1758  Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54 on March - 22.  

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

1765  On this day in history stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists  

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  Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf) on this day in history.  

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

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

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1777  John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

1778  Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state on March - 22.  

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 this day in history 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 March - 22.  

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

1803  On March - 22 anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer  

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

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

1814  Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood) on March - 22.  

1817  Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876 on March - 22.  

1819  On March - 22 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 March - 22 new York Horticultural Society founded  

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

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

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

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

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

1212  Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235) was born on March - 22.  

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 March - 22.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

0337  On March - 22 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  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on this day in history.  

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)  

1471  George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies on March - 22.  

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

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

1602  Death of Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557) on March - 22.