March 22

• March 22, 1622
  First Indian massacre of whites in Jamestown led by the Powhatan chief Opechancanough results in 347 slain, a quarter of the population, triggering a costly 22-year war against the English
• March 22, 1638
  Anne Hutchinson, a religious dissident, is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony and moves to Rhode Island
• March 22, 1727
  Ismail Ibn Sharif, Moroccan ruler which have fathered 888 children through a harem of 500 women, dies
• March 22, 1733
  Joseph Priestly, an English theologian, invents carbonated water
• March 22, 1765
  The British government passes the Stamp Act, imposing a direct tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal use in the American colonies to help pay for troops stationed in North America
• March 22, 1775
  British statesman Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the House of Commons, urging the government to adopt a policy of reconciliation with America
• March 22, 1802
  After a 20-day siege Dessalines and his 1,300 men are forced to abandon strategically important fort and go into the Cahos Mountains through the enemy lines being largely intact
• March 22, 1894
  Hockey's first Stanley Cup championship game is played, the home team Montreal Amateur Athletic Association defeated the Ottawa Capitals, 3-1
• March 22, 1914
  World's first scheduled airline, Saint Petersburg - Tampa Airboat Line, begins
• March 22, 1957
  Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian
• March 22, 1995
  Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to Earth after setting a record for 438 days in outer space
• March 22, 2006
  ETA, an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization, declares a permanent ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain