Historical Events In March - 22

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

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

0752  Stephen II elected Catholic Pope (or 23rd) on March - 22.  

1349  Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death) on March - 22.  

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

1457  On this day in history gutenberg Bible became the first printed book  

1457  On March - 22 gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book  

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

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

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

1589  Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67 on March - 22.  

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

1594  On March - 22 french King Henri IV festival in Paris  

1599  The birth of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist on this day in history.  

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

1609  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68) on March - 22.  

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

1621  Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth) on this day in history.  

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

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  1st American Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown Virginia, 347 slain on this day in history.  

1627  Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81 on this day in history.  

1630  First colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) on March - 22.  

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

1638  On March - 22 religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony  

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

1639  Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies on this day in history.  

1661  Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73 on March - 22.  

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

1692  On this day in history emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king  

1700  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer on this day in history.  

1728  Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter on this day in history.  

1733  Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer) on March - 22.  

1743  Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77 on March - 22.  

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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 March - 22.  

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

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

1503  Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583) was born on March - 22.  

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

0337  Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

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

1421  On March - 22 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 March - 22 death of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)  

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

1602  Death of Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557) on this day in history.