March 22 in History – What happened on 22 March in Past
✅ Published on March 22nd, 2021 in March in History 22 March - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on March 22, the day number in a year is 81 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 82. March 22 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
March 22 in History - Top Historical Events ⚡
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 238 | Because of his father's advanced age, Gordian II was proclaimedjoint Roman emperor with Gordian I. |
| 1508 | Ferdinand II of Aragon appointed Amerigo Vespucci to the postof Chief Navigator of Spain. |
| 1739 | The invader Nadir Shah allowed his army to massacre in Delhi. The slaughter lasted 58 days. |
| 1761 | The first life insurance policy in North America was issued in Philadelphia. |
| 1765 | The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring that money printed materials in the Thirteen Colonies in British America Carry a tax stamp. |
| 1765 | Stamp Act passed: The first direct British tax was imposed on American colonists by Prime Minister George Grenville. |
| 1784 | The hydroelectric Buddha was installed in the Vat Phra Cave at the base of Bangkok's Grand Palace. |
| 1832 | The British Parliament, led by Charles Gray, passed the Reform Act, bringing about a sweeping change in the electoral system of England and Wales, which increased from about 500,000 voters to 813,000 voters. |
| 1862 | San Marino concluded a treaty of friendship and cooperation with Italy. |
| 1871 | William Woods Holden became the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office due to impeachment. |
| 1873 | In Puerto Rico, slavery was abolished. |
| 1882 | The deadly infectious disease TB was identified. The scientist who discovered it was later awarded the Nobel Prize. |
| 1890 | Ramachandra Chatterjee became the first person to get off the parachute. |
| 1907 | The first taxi cab debuted in London with the parameters. |
| 1913 | Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day. |
| 1920 | A pogrom in Shusha, Nagorno-Karabakh, by Azeris destroyed the Armenian-populated portions of the town. |
| 1923 | Radio broadcast of Ice Hockey match for the first time. |
| 1923 | The first radio broadcast of ice hockey was by Foster Hewitt. |
| 1933 | The Holocaust-The construction of the first Nazi concentration camp at Dachau was completed. |
| 1942 | The Cripps Mission came to India under the leadership of Sir Stafford Cripps. |
| 1943 | World War II-The entire population of the village of Khatyn Belarus was burnt alive by Nazi German forces, with participation from their Ukrainian and Belarusian collaborators. |
| 1945 | Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Transjordan, andYemen founded the Arab League, a regional organization that facilitates political, economic, cultural, scientific and social programs designedto promote the interests of the Arab world. |
| 1947 | Lord Lewis Mountbatten came to India as the last Viceroy. |
| 1954 | The first shopping mall in Southfield, Michigan opened in the US. |
| 1963 | Please Please Me, the first album recorded by The Beatles, was released. |
| 1964 | The first vintage car rally was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
| 1977 | Mrs. Indira Gandhi resigned as Prime Minister. |
| 1982 | NASA took its spacecraft Columbia on a third mission. |
| 1984 | In what would be the longest and costliest criminal trial inUnited States history, teachers at the McMartin preschool in ManhattanBeach, California, were falsely charged with satanic ritual abuse of schoo lchildren. |
| 1993 | Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60MHz-100+MIPS. |
| 1995 | The Deputy Governor of Bank of England, Rupert Pennat-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist. |
| 1995 | Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov of the Soyuz programme returned from the Mir space station after 437 days in space, setting record for the longest spaceflight. |
| 1997 | The comet Hale-Bopp closely approaching to Earth. |
| 1997 | Tara Lipinski of United States won the Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Laussane. |
| 1999 | Best makeup award for Indian Shekhar Kapur's film Elizabeth \. |
| 2002 | In Britain, a woman with a paralyzed lower neck was given the right to die. |
| 2006 | The ETA terrorist group declares ceasefire in Spain. |
| 2006 | The remaining three Christian Peacemaker Teams hostages were rescued from their Iraq captured by a multinational force. |
| 2007 | Pakistan test-fired the Hatf-7 missile. |
| 2010 | The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 is passed by U.S House of Representatives. |
| 2011 | The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant reports radiation levels 1600 times normal levels are present 20km from the plant. |
| 2011 | Lawrence Taylor was convicted of sexual misconduct and banned for six years of play. |
| 2012 | Over 200,000 people march to protest against post-secondary education tuition hikes in Montreal, Canada. |
| 2013 | The British Food Standards Agency reports a discovery in Lancashire of 100 kg of horse meat imported from Hungary labelled as beef. |
| 2014 | The Brazilian Government is auctioning part of the nation’s television bandwidth spectrum to mobile phone companies by providing much-needed capacity to meet wireless demand. |
Famous Birthdays of March 22 😀:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1517 | Gioseffo Zarlino / Composer / Italy |
| 1952 | Bob Costas / Sportscaster / United States of America |
| 1884 | Arthur H. Vandenberg / Politician / United States of America |
| 1663 | August Hermann Francke / Philanthropist / Germany |
| 1987 | Liam Doran / Racing Driver / United Kingdom |
| 1947 | Maarten van Gent / Basketball Player / Netherlands |
| 1846 | Randolph Caldecott / Painter / United Kingdom |
| 1873 | Ernest Lawson / Painter / United States of America |
| 1955 | Valdis Zatlers / Politician / Latvia |
| 1818 | John Ainsworth Horrocks / Explorer / United Kingdom |
| 1981 | Arne Gabius / Runner / Germany |
| 1723 | Charles Carroll / Politician / United States of America |
| 1932 | Els Borst / Politician / Netherlands |
| 1974 | Marcus Camby / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1852 | Hector Sévin / Cardinal / France |
| 1942 | Jorge Ben Jor / Singer / Brazil |
| 1930 | Pat Robertson / Politician / United States of America |
| 1930 | Derek Bok / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 1972 | Shawn Bradley / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1817 | Braxton Bragg / General / United States of America |
| 1970 | Andreas Johnson / Singer / Sweden |
| 1971 | Keegan-Michael Key / Actor / United States of America |
| 1394 | Ulugh Beg / Astronomer / Prussia |
| 1929 | P. Ramlee / Actor / Malaysia |
| 1973 | Joe Nedney / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1928 | Ed Macauley / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1972 | Cory Lidle / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1913 | Tom McCall / Politician / United States of America |
| 1938 | Rein Etruk / Chess Player / Estonia |
| 1977 | Joey Porter / Footballer / United States of America |
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Aapane abhi padha: 22 March Ki Pramukh Aitihasik Ghatnayen.
Read in Hindi : 22 मार्च की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं