Historical Events In March - 22

1752  On March - 22 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  Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists on March - 22.   

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 March - 22.   

1774  On this day in history 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 March - 22 john Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77   

1778  Captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state we really should have claimed it! on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 March - 22.   

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

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

1798  On March - 22 justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51   

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

1803  On March - 22 anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer   

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

1813  On March - 22 gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886   

1814  Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood) on this day in history.   

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 March - 22.   

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 March - 22.   

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

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0841  Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885) was born on this day in history.   

1212  On March - 22 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  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 March - 22.   

1599  Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) was born on March - 22.   

1609  On March - 22 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  Death of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278) on this day in history.   

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

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  On March - 22 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  Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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