22 March

Events

Pre-1600

*106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.
* 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century.
* 871 – Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.
* 1185 – Battle of Yashima: the Japanese forces of the Taira clan are defeated by the Minamoto clan.
* 1312 – '' Vox in excelso'': Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar.
* 1508 – Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.

1601–1900

*1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony, led by governor John Carver, sign a peace treaty with Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags; Squanto serves as an interpreter between the two sides.
*1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
*1631 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
*1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
* 1668 – Notable Privateer Henry Morgan lands in Cuba to raid and plunder the inland town of Puerto del Príncipe during the latter stages of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660).
*1739 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
*1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
* 1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
*1792 – Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution.
*1794 – The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves.
*1829 – In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
*1849 – The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
*1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
*1873 – The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
*1894 – The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.
*1895 – Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
*1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.

1901–present

*1906 – The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
*1913 – Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
*1916 – Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency.
*1920 – Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
*1933 – Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
* 1933 – Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau.
*1934 – The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
*1939 – Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
*1942 – World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
*1943 – World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
*1945 – World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany, is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.
* 1945 – The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
*1946 – The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan.
*1955 – A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into Hawaii's Waiʻanae Range, killing 66.
*1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
*1963 – The Beatles release their debut album ''Please Please Me''.
*1972 – The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
* 1972 – In ''Eisenstadt v. Baird'', the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
*1975 – A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama, causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
*1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
*1982 – NASA's Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
*1988 – The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987.
*1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
* 1992 – Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
*1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
*1995 – Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
*1996 – NASA's Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76.
*1997 – Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
* 1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
*2004 – Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles.
*2006 – Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox.
*2013 – At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
*2016 – Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.
*2017 – A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
* 2017 – Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.
*2019 – The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.
* 2019 – Two buses crashed in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people.
*2020 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.
* 2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.
*2021 – Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
*2024 – At least 145 people are killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.

Births

Pre-1600

* 841 – Bernard Plantapilosa, Frankish son of Bernard of Septimania (died 885)
* 875 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (died 918)
* 1212 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (died 1235)
* 1367 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (probable); (died 1399)
*1394 – Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer and mathematician (died 1449)
* 1459 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1519)
* 1499 – Johann Carion, German astrologer and chronicler (died 1537)
*1503 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian author and educator (died 1583)
*1517 – Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer (died 1590)
*1519 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (died 1580)
*1582 – John Williams, Archbishop of York (died 1650)
*1599 – Anthony van Dyck, Flemish-English painter and etcher (died 1641)

1601–1900

*1609 – John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king (died 1672)
*1615 – Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, British scientist (died 1691)
*1663 – August Hermann Francke, German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (died 1727)
*1684 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (died 1764)
*1712 – Edward Moore, English poet and playwright (died 1757)
*1720 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (died 1799)
*1723 – Charles Carroll, American lawyer and politician (died 1783)
*1728 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter and theorist (died 1779)
*1785 – Adam Sedgwick, English scientist (died 1873)
*1797 – William I, German Emperor (died 1888)
*1808 – Caroline Norton, English feminist, social reformer, and author (died 1877)
* 1808 – David Swinson Maynard, American physician and lawyer (died 1873)
*1812 – Stephen Pearl Andrews, American author and activist (died 1886)
*1814 – Thomas Crawford, American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (died 1857)
*1817 – Braxton Bragg, American general (died 1876)
*1818 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (died 1846)
*1822 – Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (died 1895)
*1841 – Anastassios Christomanos, Greek scientist (died 1906)
*1842 – Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1912)
*1846 – Randolph Caldecott, English illustrator and painter (died 1886)
* 1846 – James Timberlake, American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (died 1891)
*1852 – Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and educator (died 1934)
* 1852 – Hector Sévin, French cardinal (died 1916)
*1855 – Dorothy Tennant, British painter (died 1926)
*1857 – Paul Doumer, French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (died 1932)
*1866 – Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (died 1913)
*1868 – Robert Andrews Millikan, American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953)
*1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (died 1964)
* 1869 – Tom McInnes, Scottish-English footballer (died 1939)
*1873 – Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (died 1939)
*1880 – Ernest C. Quigley, Canadian-American football player and coach (died 1960)
*1884 – Arthur H. Vandenberg, American journalist and politician (died 1951)
* 1884 – Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (died 1959)
*1885 – Aryeh Levin, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (died 1969)
*1886 – August Rei, Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (died 1963)
*1887 – Chico Marx, American actor (died 1961)
*1890 – George Clark, American race car driver (died 1978)
*1892 – Charlie Poole, American country banjo player (died 1931)
* 1892 – Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar (died 1970)
*1896 – He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1969)
* 1896 – Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor (died 1964)
*1899 – Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer (died 1991)

1901–present

*1901 – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter (died 1991)
*1902 – Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (died 1949)
* 1902 – Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer (died 2008)
*1903 – Bill Holman, American cartoonist (died 1987)
*1907 – James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (died 1990)
*1908 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (died 1991)
* 1908 – Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (died 1988)
* 1909 – Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author and educator (died 1983)
*1910 – Nicholas Monsarrat, English sailor and author (died 1979)
*1912 – Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (died 1985)
* 1912 – Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (died 1959)
* 1912 – Karl Malden, American actor (died 2009)
* 1912 – Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (died 2004)
*1913 – Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (died 1983)
* 1913 – Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (died 2002)
* 1913 – James Westerfield, American actor (died 1971)
*1914 – John Stanley, American author and illustrator (died 1993)
* 1914 – Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (died 2008)
*1917 – Virginia Grey, American actress (died 2004)
* 1917 – Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (died 2006)
* 1917 – Paul Rogers, English actor (died 2013)
*1918 – Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (died 1997)
*1919 – Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (died 1990)
*1920 – James Brown, American actor and singer (died 1992)
* 1920 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (died 2000)
* 1920 – Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (died 1995)
* 1920 – Ross Martin, American actor (died 1981)
* 1920 – Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (died 2007)
* 1920 – Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (died 2020)
*1921 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)
*1922 – John J. Gilligan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (died 2013)
* 1922 – Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (died 2015)
*1923 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (died 2007)
*1924 – Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded ''USA Today'' (died 2013)
* 1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (died 1960)
* 1924 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998)
* 1924 – Bill Wendell, American television announcer (died 1999)
*1927 – Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager (died 2013)
* 1927 – Nicolas Tikhomiroff, Russian photographer (died 2016)
*1928 – Carrie Donovan, American journalist (died 2001)
* 1928 – E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic
* 1928 – Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest (died 2011)
*1929 – Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist
* 1929 – P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (died 1973)
*1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic
* 1930 – Pat Robertson, American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (died 2023)
* 1930 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter (died 2021)
*1931 – Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
* 1931 – William Shatner, Canadian actor
* 1931 – Ann Shulgin, psychedelic researcher and author (died 2022)
* 1931 – Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author (died 2014)
*1932 – Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2014)
* 1932 – Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (died 2010)
*1933 – Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran (died 2021)
*1934 – May Britt, Swedish actress
* 1934 – Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge
* 1934 – Orrin Hatch, American lawyer and politician (died 2022)
*1935 – Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (died 2004)
* 1935 – Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis player and journalist (died 2024)
* 1935 – Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (died 2013)
* 1935 – M. Emmet Walsh, American actor (died 2024)
*1936 – Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (died 2015)
* 1936 – Ron Carey, American trade union leader (died 2008)
* 1936 – Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
*1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, American pianist and composer (died 2022)
* 1937 – Armin Hary, German sprinter
* 1937 – Jon Hassell, American trumpet player and composer (died 2021)
* 1937 – Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen (died 2003)
*1938 – Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (died 2012)
*1940 – George Edward Alcorn, Jr., American physicist and inventor
* 1940 – Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1940 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (died 1996)
*1941 – Billy Collins, American poet
* 1941 – Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1941 – Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (died 2019)
* 1941 – Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius
*1942 – Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter
* 1942 – Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic
*1943 – George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1943 – Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager (died 2013)
* 1943 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1976)
*1945 – Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
*1946 – Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
* 1946 – Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer
* 1946 – Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
* 1946 – Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*1947 – George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
* 1947 – James Patterson, American author and producer
* 1947 – Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach
*1948 – Wolf Blitzer, American journalist
* 1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director
*1949 – Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter
* 1949 – Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (died 2010)
*1952 – Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
* 1952 – Bob Costas, American sportscaster
*1953 – Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster
*1955 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress
* 1955 – Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
*1956 – Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
*1957 – Jürgen Bucher, German footballer
* 1957 – Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
*1959 – Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*1960 – Jim Covert, American football player
*1961 – Simon Furman, British comic book writer
*1962 – Nikos Kourbanas, Greek footballer
*1963 – Deborah Bull, English ballerina
* 1963 – Pelle Eklund, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1963 – Susan Ann Sulley, English pop singer
* 1963 – Hannu Virta, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
* 1963 – Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru
*1965 – Ice MC, British rapper
*1966 – Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
* 1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
* 1966 – António Pinto, Portuguese runner
* 1966 – Brian Shaw, American basketball player and coach
*1967 – Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
* 1967 – Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (died 2011)
*1969 – Russell Maryland, American football player
*1970 – Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter
* 1970 – Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
* 1970 – Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner
*1971 – Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, and writer
* 1971 – Will Yun Lee, American actor and martial artist
*1972 – Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor
* 1972 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (died 2006)
* 1972 – Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster
*1973 – Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
*1974 – Marcus Camby, American basketball player
* 1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
* 1974 – Grigoria Golia, Greek handball player
* 1974 – Tuomas Grönman, Finnish ice hockey player
* 1974 – Geo Meneses, Mexican producer and singer
*1975 – Guillermo Díaz, American actor
* 1975 – Anne Dudek, American actress
* 1975 – Cole Hauser, American actor and producer
* 1975 – Jiří Novák, Czech-Monegasque tennis player
*1976 – Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
* 1976 – Asako Toki, Japanese singer-songwriter
* 1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer
*1977 – John Otto, American musician and songwriter
* 1977 – Joey Porter, American football player and coach
* 1977 – Tom Poti, American ice hockey player
* 1977 – Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Venezuelan film director and screenwriter
* 1978 – Josh Heupel, American football player and coach
*1979 – Michalis Kouinelis, Greek hip hop singer
* 1979 – Aaron North, American guitarist
* 1979 – Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
*1981 – Tiffany Dupont, American actress
* 1981 – Arne Gabius, German runner
* 1981 – Mims, American rapper
*1982 – Deng Gai, South Sudanese basketball player
* 1982 – Enrico Gasparotto, Italian cyclist
* 1982 – Michael Janyk, Canadian skier
* 1982 – Michael Morse, American baseball player
* 1982 – Piá, Brazilian footballer
* 1982 – Mike Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1982 – Constance Wu, American actress
*1983 – Thomas Davis Sr., American football player
*1984 – Piotr Trochowski, German footballer
*1985 – Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
* 1985 – Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist
* 1985 – Justin Masterson, American baseball player
* 1985 – Kelli Waite, Australian swimmer
*1986 – Dexter Fowler, American baseball player
*1987 – Ike Davis, American baseball player
* 1987 – Liam Doran, British rallycross driver
* 1987 – Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (died 2013)
*1988 – Chris Ivory, American football player
*1989 – Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
* 1989 – J. J. Watt, American football player
*1991 – Dominique Fishback, American actress
*1992 – Roston Chase, Barbadian cricketer
* 1992 – Edy Tavares, Cape Verdean basketball player
*1994 – Edwin Díaz, Puerto Rican baseball player
* 1994 – Taurean Prince, American basketball player
* 1994 – Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player
* 1994 – Ha Sung-woon, South Korean singer
*1995 – Nick Robinson (American actor), Nick Robinson, American actor
*1997 – Alex Meret, Italian footballer
* 1997 – Chimezie Metu, Nigerian-American basketball player
*2000 – Dimitrios Meliopoulos, Greek footballer
*2001 – Artūrs Šilovs, Latvian ice hockey player

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 235 – Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (born 208)
* 880 – Carloman of Bavaria, Frankish king
*1144 – William of Norwich, child murder victim
*1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward, Lord High Steward of England (born 1278)
*1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian (born 1345)
*1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward, Lord High Steward of England (born 1388)
*1454 – John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
*1471 – George of Poděbrady (born 1420)

1601–1900

*1544 – Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (born 1488)
*1602 – Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator (born 1557)
*1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (born 1638)
*1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (born 1632)
*1758 – Jonathan Edwards (theologian), Jonathan Edwards, English minister, theologian, and philosopher (born 1703)
*1820 – Stephen Decatur, American commander (born 1779)
*1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1749)
*1840 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (born 1798)
*1864 – Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (born 1838)
*1881 – Samuel Courtauld (industrialist), Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (born 1793)
*1896 – Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (born 1822)

1901–present

*1913 – Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (born 1882)
* 1913 – Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (born 1864)
*1924 – William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (born 1848)
*1931 – James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (born 1851)
*1942 – Frederick Cuming (cricketer), Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (born 1875)
* 1942 – William Donne (cricketer), William Donne, English captain and cricketer (born 1875)
* 1942 – María Collazo, Uruguayan journalist and activist (born 1884)
*1952 – D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1883)
*1955 – Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1892)
*1958 – Mike Todd, American film producer (born 1909)
*1960 – José Antonio Aguirre (politician), José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (born 1904)
*1966 – John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (born 1935)
*1971 – Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (born 1893)
* 1971 – Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (born 1886)
*1974 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (born 1939)
* 1974 – Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (born 1910)
*1976 – John McLaughlin (artist), John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (born 1898)
*1977 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (born 1904)
*1978 – Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (born 1905)
*1979 – Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (born 1901)
*1981 – Jumbo Elliott (coach), James Elliott, American runner and coach (born 1915)
* 1981 – Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (born 1907)
*1985 – Raoul Ubac, French painter, sculptor, photographer, and engraver (born 1910)
* 1985 – Spyros Vassiliou, Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer (born 1903)
*1986 – Olive Deering, American actress (born 1918)
*1987 – Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (born 1912)
*1989 – Peta Taylor, English cricketer (born 1912)
*1990 – Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic (born 1928)
*1991 – Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1917)
* 1991 – Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1908)
* 1991 – Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)
* 1991 – Gloria Holden, English-American actress (born 1908)
*1993 – Steve Olin, American baseball player (born 1965)
*1994 – Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (born 1950)
* 1994 – Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer (born 1899)
*1996 – Don Murray (drummer), Don Murray, American drummer (born 1945)
* 1996 – Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1936)
* 1996 – Billy Williamson (guitarist), Billy Williamson, American guitarist (born 1925)
*1999 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (born 1913)
* 1999 – David Strickland, American actor (born 1969)
*2000 – Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (born 1921)
*2001 – Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (born 1925)
* 2001 – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (born 1913)
* 2001 – William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (born 1910)
* 2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (born 1910)
*2002 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1917)
*2003 – Terry Lloyd, English journalist (born 1952)
*2004 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (born 1943)
* 2004 – Ahmed Yassin, Co-founded Hamas (born 1937)
*2004 – V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (born 1909)
*2005 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)
* 2005 – Gemini Ganesan, Indian film actor (born 1920)
* 2005 – Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (born 1913)
*2006 – Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (born 1921)
* 2006 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author (born 1917)
* 2006 – Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author (born 1937)
*2007 – U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (born 1918)
*2008 – Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (born 1918)
*2010 – James Black (pharmacologist), James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924)
* 2010 – Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (born 1943)
*2011 – Artur Agostinho, Portuguese journalist (born 1920)
* 2011 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (born 1926)
*2012 – Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (born 1928)
* 2012 – David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic (born 1943)
* 2012 – Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (born 1956)
*2013 – Vladimír Čech, Czech actor and politician (born 1951)
* 2013 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (born 1918)
*2014 – Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (born 1928)
* 2014 – Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (born 1929)
* 2014 – Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (born 1938)
* 2014 – Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, List of Ministers of Defence of Cyprus, Cypriot Minister of Defence (born 1965)
*2015 – Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (born 1933)
* 2015 – Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (born 1923)
* 2015 – Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1936)
*2016 – Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (born 1969)
* 2016 – Rita Gam, American actress (born 1927)
*2018 – Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (born 1911)
*2019 – Scott Walker (singer), Scott Walker, British-American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
*2024 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (born 1925)
*2025 – Jessica Aber, American lawyer (born 1981)
*2025 – Andy Peebles, English radio DJ, television presenter and cricket commentator (born 1948)

Holidays and observances

*Bihar Day (Bihar, India)
*Christian feast day:
**Basil of Ancyra
**Beatification, Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen
**Darerca of Ireland
**Epaphroditus
**Jonathan Edwards (theologian), Jonathan Edwards (Calendar of Saints (Lutheran), Lutheranism)
**Saint Lea, Lea of Rome
**Nicholas Owen (Jesuit), Nicholas Owen
**Paul of Narbonne
**March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Earliest day on which Easter Sunday can fall (last in 1818, will not happen again until 2285), while April 25 is the latest. (Christianity)
*Emancipation Day#Puerto Rico – March 22, Emancipation Day or ''Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud'' (Puerto Rico)
*World Water Day (International observance, International)

References

External links

BBC: On This Day
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Historical Events on March 22

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