Page 2: Historical Events In March - 22

1752  On this day in history pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later   

1752  Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer on March - 22.   

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

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

1767  On March - 22 cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance   

1771  On this day in history heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf)   

1774  On this day in history a collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.   

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

1777  John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1778  Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state on this day in history.   

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

1797  Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) on March - 22.   

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

1799  On this day in history f W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars   

1803  Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer on March - 22.   

1809  Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne on March - 22.   

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

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

1817  Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876 on March - 22.   

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

1820  Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41 on March - 22.   

1822  Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna on this day in history.   

1822  New York Horticultural Society founded on March - 22.   

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

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

1824  On March - 22 johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76   

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 this day in history birth of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)   

1212  Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1418  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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