March 22

Today in History
• 0238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor
• 0871 - Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army
• 1349 - Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death)
• 1556 - Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury
• 1622 - 1st Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown, Virginia; 347 slain
• 1630 - 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)
• 1733 - Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)
• 1765 - Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• American Red Cross Giving Day
• Founding Anniversary of the Philippine Army
• International Day Of The Seal
• National Goof Off Day
• Nauryz Day
• Ougadi
• World Day of Metta
• World Water Day

Birthdays
• 0841 - Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne
• 1366 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician
• 1459 - Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria
• 1609 - John II Casimir Vasa [Jan Kazimierz], King of Poland
• 1759 - Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway
• 1797 - Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor
• 1799 - Joseph Saxton, American inventor, watchmaker, and photographer
• 1869 - Emilio Aguinaldo, 1st President of the Philippines