Page 2: Historical Events In March - 22

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

1752  On March - 22 johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer   

1758  Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1765  On March - 22 stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists   

1765  On this day in history 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 March - 22 a collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.   

1775  Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament on this day in history.   

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

1778  On March - 22 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  The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand on this day in history.   

1790  Thomas Jefferson becomes the first US Secretary of State on March - 22.   

1790  On this day in history thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State   

1794  Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68   

1797  On March - 22 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  On this day in history charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.   

1813  Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)   

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

1819  On this day in history william Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888   

1820  On March - 22 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 March - 22 ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice   

1824  On this day in history william Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1824  Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76 on March - 22.   

1829  On this day in history the three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.   

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

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 March - 22.   

1459  Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria was born on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history birth of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)   

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

1609  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1322  On this day in history death of thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)   

1418  On this day in history death of dietrich of Nieheim, German historian   

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

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