On March 22, history records 41 notable events, 198 famous births and 97 deaths, spanning the years 238 to 1765.
Events on this day include: Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors. (238); Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. (871).
Notable people born on March 22 include Bernard Plantapilosa (841), William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212).
Notable figures who died on this day include Carloman of Bavaria (880), William of Norwich (1144), Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster (1322).
Events on 22 March 41
See all →Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.
Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
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Birthdays on 22 March 198
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Deaths on 22 March 97
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