Page 2: Historical Events In March - 22
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
1752 Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later on March - 22. 

1752 On March - 22 johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer 

1758 On this day in history jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54 

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 March - 22. 

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

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 this day in history capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state 

1784 On this day in history the Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. 

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

1790 Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State on this day in history. 

1794 Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries on March - 22. 

1796 On March - 22 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 this day in history. 

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

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

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

1822 New York Horticultural Society founded on March - 22. 

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

1824 William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army) on this day in history. 

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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