WHAT HAPPENED ON 22. MARCH
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Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman Emperors. (22. March 238)

Æthelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. (22. March 871)

Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire. (22. March 1508)

The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. (22. March 1621)

Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War. (22. March 1622)

The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables. (22. March 1630)

Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent. (22. March 1638)

The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization. (22. March 1713)

Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne. (22. March 1739)

The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies. (22. March 1765)

The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. (22. March 1784)

In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece. (22. March 1829)

The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara. (22. March 1849)

In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment. (22. March 1871)

A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery. (22. March 1873)

The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts. (22. March 1894)

The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris (22. March 1906)

The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored. (22. March 1916)

Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh). (22. March 1920)

The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt. (22. March 1923)

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