Historical Events In March - 22
Saturday, 20 December 2025
0238 Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor on this day in history. 

0337 Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47 on this day in history. 

0752 Stephen II elected Catholic Pope (or 23rd) on March - 22. 

1349 On this day in history townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death) 

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

1457 Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book on this day in history. 

1457 On March - 22 gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book 

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

1471 George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies on March - 22. 

1556 Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury on March - 22. 

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

1594 French King Henri IV festival in Paris France on March - 22. 

1594 French King Henri IV festival in Paris on March - 22. 

1599 The birth of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist on March - 22. 

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

1609 John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68) on March - 22. 

1621 Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands on this day in history. 

1621 On this day in history massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth) 

1621 Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Neth on March - 22. 

1622 In the first major massacre of European colonists by Native Americans, Algonquian Indians led by Opechancanough, chief of the Pamunkey, slaughter 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia--nearly a third of the settlement’s total population on this day in history. 

1622 1st American Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown Virginia, 347 slain on March - 22. 

1627 On this day in history cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81 

1630 First colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) on this day in history. 

1630 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) on March - 22. 

1638 On this day in history religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony 

1638 Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony on March - 22. 

1639 On March - 22 thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies 

1661 On March - 22 hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73 

1680 Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas on this day in history. 

1692 Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king on March - 22. 

1700 On this day in history giuseppe Sellitto, composer 

1728 Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter on this day in history. 

1733 Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer) on this day in history. 

1743 On March - 22 jean-Baptiste Lully, Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77 

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