Historical Events In March - 22

0238  Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor on this day in history.  

0337  On this day in history constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47  

0752  Stephen II elected Catholic Pope (or 23rd) on this day in history.  

1349  Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death) on this day in history.  

1418  On March - 22 dietrich of Nieheim, German historian  

1457  On this day in history gutenberg Bible became the first printed book  

1457  Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book on March - 22.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1589  On this day in history lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67  

1594  On March - 22 french King Henri IV festival in Paris France  

1594  On March - 22 french King Henri IV festival in Paris  

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

1599  On this day in history anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)  

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  Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth) on this day in history.  

1621  On March - 22 hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Neth  

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 this day in history.  

1627  Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81 on March - 22.  

1630  On March - 22 first colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)  

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

1638  Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony on this day in history.  

1638  Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony on this day in history.  

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

1661  Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73 on March - 22.  

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 this day in history.  

1700  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer on March - 22.  

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

1733  Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer) on March - 22.  

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

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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  On March - 22 birth of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)  

1459  On this day in history birth of maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria  

1503  Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583) was born on this day in history.  

1599  On this day in history birth of anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)  

1609  On March - 22 birth of john II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68)  

1663  On March - 22 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 March - 22.  

1421  On this day in history death of thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)  

1471  On this day in history george van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies  

1544  On this day in history 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 March - 22.