What is March 22?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[238]] &ndash; [[Gordian I]] and his son [[Gordian II]] are proclaimed [[Roman emperors]]. * [[1508]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] commissions [[Amerigo Vespucci]] chief navigator of the [[Spanish Empire]]. * [[1621]] &ndash; The [[Pilgrims]] of [[Plymouth Colony]] sign a [[peace treaty]] with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag]]s. * [[1622]] &ndash; [[Jamestown massacre]]: [[Algonquian]] Native Americans kill 347 [[England|English]] settlers around [[Jamestown, Virginia]], a third of the colony's population. * [[1630]] &ndash; [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of cards, [[dice]], and gaming tables. * [[1638]] &ndash; [[Anne Hutchinson]] is expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious dissent. * [[1713]] &ndash; The [[Tuscacora War]] comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of [[North Carolina]] to [[Europe]]an colonization. * [[1739]] &ndash; [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] and sacks the [[city]], stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne. * [[1765]] &ndash; The [[British Parliament]] passes the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], the first direct tax levied from [[England]] on the American colonies. * [[1784]] &ndash; The [[Emerald Buddha]] is moved with great ceremony to its current location in [[Wat Phra Kaew]], [[Thailand]]. * [[1809]] &ndash; [[Charles XIII of Sweden|Charles XIII]] succeeds [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden|Gustav IV Adolf]] to the [[Sweden|Swedish]] throne. * [[1829]] &ndash; The three protecting powers ([[United Kingdom]], [[France]], [[Russia]]) create the borders of [[Greece]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; The [[Austria]]ns defeat the [[Piedmont]]ese at the [[Battle of Novara]]. * [[1871]] &ndash; In [[North Carolina]], [[William Woods Holden]] becomes the first governor of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by [[impeachment]]. * [[1872]] &ndash; [[Illinois]] becomes the first [[US]] [[state]] to require Sexual [[Social equality|Equality]] in [[employment]]. *