On this day: 22 March
Events, births and deaths on 22 March. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Deaths · Jessica D. Aber
10 years ago2016
- Events · 2016 Brussels bombings
- Deaths · Rob Ford
- Deaths · Rita Gam
100 years ago1926
Within 10 years of that
- 1931 · Births · William Shatner
- 1931 · Births · Burton Richter
- 1933 · Births · Abolhassan Banisadr
1000 years ago1026
Nothing recorded for that year.
Events · 18
- 871(Julian date)Battle of Marton — 9th-century battle between Saxons and Viking invaders in England
- 1185(Julian date)Battle of Yashima — part of the Genpei War (March 22, 1185)
- 1622Indian massacre of 1622 — assault by Virginia Indians on English plantations along the James River in the Colony of Virginia
- 1792Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets — 1792 conflict in Haiti
- 1942Second Battle of Sirte — fought on 22 March 1942
- 1943Khatyn massacre — Nazi massacre in Belarus
- 1945Arab League — organization of Arab states
- 19551955 Hawaii R6D-1 crash — fatal crash due to pilot error
- 1992fall of communism in Albania — event, starting in December 1990 with student protests; political pluralism was allowed on 11 December; the Labor Party won the 1991 elections (in a coalition with non-communists), but lost the 1992 elections amid economic collapse and social unrest
- 1992USAir Flight 405 — March 1992 plane crash in New York, US
- 20132013 Thailand refugee camp fire — Burmese refugee camp conflagration
- 2014Oso mudslide — 2014 landslide east of Oso, Washington, United States
- 20162016 Brussels bombings — attacks of 22 March 2016
- 20172017 Westminster attack — terror attack which occurred on 22 March 2017 in Westminster, Greater London, England, UK
- 2017Battle of Tabqa — 2017 military operation
- 20212021 Boulder shooting — shooting at grocery store on March 22, 2021 in Boulder, Colorado
- 2024Crocus City Hall attack — 22 March 2024 terrorist attack in Russia
- 2026Air Canada Express Flight 8646 — 2026 aviation accident in the United States
Births · 60
- 875(Julian date)William I, Duke of Aquitaine — Duke of Aquitaine
- 1212(Julian date)Go-Horikawa — Emperor of Japan
- 1394(Julian date)Ulugh Beg — Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician (1394–1449)
- 1459(Julian date)Maximilian I — Holy Roman Emperor (1459-1519)
- 1517(Julian date)Gioseffo Zarlino — Italian composer (1517–1590)
- 1599Anthony van Dyck — Flemish Baroque artist (1599–1641)
- 1609John II Casimir Vasa — King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1648–1668; (1609-1672)
- 1728Anton Raphael Mengs — German-Bohemian painter active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid (1728-1779)
- 1785Adam Sedgwick — English geologist (1785–1873)
- 1797Wilhelm I — 19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia (1797–1888)
- 1799Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander — German astronomer (1799–1875)
- 1808Caroline Norton — English feminist, social reformer, and author, editor (1808-1877)
- 1817Braxton Bragg — Confederate Army general (1817–1876)
- 1857Paul Doumer — French statesman (1857–1932)
- 1868Robert Andrews Millikan — American physicist (1868–1953)
- 1869Emilio Aguinaldo — President of the Philippines from 1899 to 1902
- 1880Kuniaki Koiso — Japanese officer, former Prime Minister (1880–1950)
- 1887Chico Marx — American comedian (1887–1961)
- 1896Joseph Schildkraut — actor (1896-1964)
- 1909Gabrielle Roy — French Canadian fiction writer
- 1909Nathan Rosen — American-Israeli physicist
- 1912Agnes Martin — American painter (1912–2004)
- 1918Cheddi Jagan — President of Guyana, Prime Minister of Guyana, dentist (1918-1997)
- 1920Katsuko Saruhashi — Japanese geochemist (1920–2007)
- 1921Nino Manfredi — Italian actor, screenwriter, and film director (1921–2004)
Deaths · 60
- 1322Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster — English noble (1278-1322)
- 1393(Julian date)Lan Yu — Chinese general (1330-1393)
- 1418(Julian date)Dietrich of Nieheim — Prince-bishop
- 1421Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence — Prince of England
- 1454(Julian date)John Kemp — English cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England (1380-1454)
- 1471George of Poděbrady — king of Bohemia
- 1544(Julian date)Johannes Magnus — Swedish historian and Catholic archbishop
- 1602Agostino Carracci — Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1557-1602)
- 1685Go-Sai — emperor of Japan
- 1687Jean-Baptiste Lully — Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)
- 1727Ismail Ibn Sharif — Sultan of Morocco from 1672 to 1727
- 1758Jonathan Edwards — Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (1703-1758)
- 1820Stephen Decatur — United States Navy officer
- 1832Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
- 1896Thomas Hughes — English lawyer, judge, politician and author (1822–1896)
- 1913Song Jiaoren — Chinese revolutionary (1882-1913)
- 1913Ruggero Oddi — Italian physiologist (1864–1913)
- 1924Robert Nivelle — French general who participated in the First World War (1856–1924)
- 1945Takeichi Nishi — Japanese Army officer and equestrian (1902-1945)
- 1952Don Stephen Senanayake — Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1884-1952)
- 1955Ivan Šubašić — Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1892-1955)
- 1958Mike Todd — American theatre and film producer
- 1960José Antonio Aguirre — Basque association football player and politician (1904–1960)
- 1969Ernst Deutsch — Austrian actor (1890–1969)
- 1971Nella Walker — actress (1886-1971)
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