Historical Events In March - 22

1752  Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer   

1758  Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1765  Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists on this day in history.   

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

1767  On this day in history cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance   

1771  Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf) on this day in history.   

1774  On March - 22 a collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.   

1775  On this day in history edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament   

1777  On this day in history 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  Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state on March - 22.   

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 March - 22.   

1790  Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State on March - 22.   

1794  On March - 22 congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries   

1796  Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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  On March - 22 anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer   

1809  On March - 22 charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.   

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

1814  Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood) on March - 22.   

1817  On March - 22 braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876   

1819  William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888 on this day in history.   

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

1822  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna   

1822  New York Horticultural Society founded on March - 22.   

1822  On March - 22 ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice   

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

1824  Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1829  The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece on March - 22.   

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0841  On March - 22 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  On March - 22 birth of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)   

1459  On March - 22 birth of maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria   

1503  On March - 22 birth of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)   

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

1322  Death of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278) on March - 22.   

1418  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on March - 22.   

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

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

1544  Death of Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488) on March - 22.   

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

1602  Death of Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557) on March - 22.