Historical Events In March - 22

0238  Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor on this day in history.  

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

0752  Stephen II elected Catholic Pope (or 23rd) on this day in history.  

1349  On March - 22 townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death)  

1418  Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on March - 22.  

1457  Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book on this day in history.  

1457  Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book on this day in history.  

1459  Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria on March - 22.  

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

1556  Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

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

1594  On this day in history french King Henri IV festival in Paris France  

1594  French King Henri IV festival in Paris on March - 22.  

1599  The birth of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist on March - 22.  

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

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

1621  Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands on March - 22.  

1621  Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth) on March - 22.  

1621  Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Neth on this day in history.  

1622  In the first major massacre of European colonists by Native Americans, Algonquian Indians led by Opechancanough, chief of the Pamunkey, slaughter 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia--nearly a third of the settlement’s total population on this day in history.  

1622  On March - 22 1st American Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown Virginia, 347 slain  

1627  On March - 22 cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81  

1630  First colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) on this day in history.  

1630  On this day in history 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)  

1638  On this day in history religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony  

1638  Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony on March - 22.  

1639  On March - 22 thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies  

1661  Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73 on this day in history.  

1680  Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas on this day in history.  

1692  Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king on this day in history.  

1700  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer on March - 22.  

1728  Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter on March - 22.  

1733  Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer) on this day in history.  

1743  Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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0841  On March - 22 birth of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)  

1212  On March - 22 birth of emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)  

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

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  Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) was born on March - 22.  

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

1663  August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727) was born on March - 22.  

0337  On March - 22 constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47  

1322  On March - 22 death of thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)  

1418  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on March - 22.  

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