Page 2: Historical Events In March - 22

1752  Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later on March - 22.   

1752  On this day in history johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer   

1758  On this day in history jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54   

1765  Stamp Act passed first direct British tax on colonists on March - 22.   

1765  Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists on this day in history.   

1765  Stamp Act passed: first direct British tax on colonists on this day in history.   

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  A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep on this day in history.   

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

1777  On this day in history john Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77   

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

1778  On March - 22 capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state   

1784  On March - 22 the Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.   

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  Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries on this day in history.   

1796  On March - 22 gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68   

1797  Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) on this day in history.   

1798  Justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51 on March - 22.   

1799  F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars on this day in history.   

1803  Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer on this day in history.   

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

1813  Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on March - 22.   

1814  On March - 22 thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)   

1817  Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876 on this day in history.   

1819  On March - 22 william Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888   

1820  On this day in history stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41   

1822  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna   

1822  On March - 22 new York Horticultural Society founded   

1822  On this day in history ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice   

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

1824  On March - 22 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  Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885) was born on this day in history.   

1212  On this day in history 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 March - 22 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  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  On this day in history birth of august Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)   

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  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 this day in history.   

1544  On March - 22 death of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)   

1589  On this day in history lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67   

1602  On this day in history death of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)