Historical Events In March - 22
Saturday, 14 February 2026
0238 Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. 

0337 Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47 

0752 Stephen II elected Catholic Pope (or 23rd). 

1349 Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death). 

1418 Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian 

1457 Gutenberg Bible became the inaugural printed book 

1457 Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book 

1459 Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria. 

1471 George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies 

1556 Cardinal Reginald Pole is recorded as becoming archbishop of Canterbury. 

1589 Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67 

1594 French King Henri IV festival in Paris France. 

1594 French King Henri IV festival in Paris. 

1599 Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist is born. 

1599 Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England). 

1609 John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68). 

1621 Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands 

1621 Massasoit and Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth). 

1621 Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Neth 

1622 In the inaugural 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. 

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

1627 Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81. 

1630 inaugural colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) 

1630 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) 

1638 Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony 

1638 Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony 

1639 Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies 

1661 Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73 

1680 Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas 

1692 Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king. 

1700 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer 

1728 Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter 

1733 Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer). 

1743 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77. 

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