Historical Events In March - 22

1752  On March - 22 pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later   

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  On this day in history stamp Act passed first direct British tax on colonists   

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 March - 22.   

1767  On this day in history cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance   

1771  Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf) on March - 22.   

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 March - 22.   

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  On March - 22 thomas Jefferson becomes the first US Secretary of State   

1790  On March - 22 thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State   

1794  On March - 22 congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries   

1796  Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1798  On this day in history justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51   

1799  F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars on March - 22.   

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

1809  On this day in history charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.   

1813  On this day in history gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886   

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  William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 on this day in history.   

1820  Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41 on this day in history.   

1822  Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna on March - 22.   

1822  New York Horticultural Society founded on this day in history.   

1822  Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice on this day in history.   

1824  On March - 22 william Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army)   

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

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 March - 22.   

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 March - 22.   

1599  Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1418  On March - 22 death of dietrich of Nieheim, German historian   

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  George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies on March - 22.   

1544  Death of Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488) on March - 22.   

1589  Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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