22 March in history

6 events that happened on 22 March, from 1312 to 1945.

  1. ✦ Anniversary of the day

    1312 CE 714 years ago

    Pope Clement V suppresses the Knights Templar

    Under pressure from Philip IV of France, Clement V issued the bull Vox in excelso at the Council of Vienne abolishing the Templars. Their property passed largely to the Hospitallers.

  2. 1622 CE 404 years ago

    Powhatan attack kills 347 Virginia colonists

    Warriors under Opechancanough struck English settlements along the James River, killing about a quarter of the colony's population. The English responded with years of retaliatory war.

    Virginia

  3. 1765 CE 261 years ago

    Parliament passes the Stamp Act

    The act taxed printed papers in the American colonies, from newspapers to playing cards. Colonists protested 'no taxation without representation', and Parliament repealed it the next year.

  4. 1820 CE 206 years ago

    Stephen Decatur killed in a duel

    The naval hero of the Barbary Wars was mortally wounded by Commodore James Barron at Bladensburg, Maryland. His death strengthened public feeling against duelling.

  5. 1895 CE 131 years ago

    Lumière brothers show their first film

    At a meeting in Paris, Louis and Auguste Lumière projected 'Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory' with their Cinématographe. Their first paying public screening followed in December.

    Paris

  6. 1945 CE 81 years ago

    Arab League founded in Cairo

    Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria signed the pact founding the League of Arab States, with Yemen joining soon after. It now has 22 members.

    LebanonYemen

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