| 22 March 1594 | France [political events] | King Henry IV of France enters Paris, France. Though resistance to his rule continues for some years in the provinces, and popular rebellion against noble and royal exactions is fiercer than ever, the country gradually submits to him as the Catholic League withers. |
| 22 March 1765 | America, UK [legislation] | The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, levying a direct tax on all colonial legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, dice, and almanacs. Designed to defray the cost of defending the colonies, the tax provokes widespread protest in colonial America. |
| 22 March 1832 | Germany [births and deaths] | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, novelist, dramatist, and philosopher, dies in Weimar, Saxe-Weimar (now Germany) (82). |
| 22 March 1848 | Sardinia-Piedmont, Austrian Empire [wars] | King Charles Albert of Sardinia-Piedmont declares war on Austria in an attempt to check Austrian influence and unify Italy under his leadership. |
| 22 March 1915 | Poland, Russian Empire [World War I (1914–18)] | Russian forces take Przemysl in the Polish area of northeastern Austria-Hungary (a key strategic point in the Carpathian Mountains) after a siege of 194 days. |
| 22 March 1946 | Transjordan, UK [decolonization] | Britain recognizes the independence of Transjordan, a British League of Nations mandate since the end of World War I. |
| 22 March 1948 | England [births and deaths] | Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer of popular musicals with lyricist Tim Rice, born in London, England. |
| 22 March 1972 | USA [family planning] | The Supreme Court in the USA rules that a Massachusetts law denying contraceptives to single people is unconstitutional. |
| 22 March 1978 | Lebanon [political events] | The first United Nations ‘UNIFIL’ (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) troops arrive in Lebanon. |
| 22 March 1992 | Albania [elections] | The opposition Democrat Party in Albania wins an absolute majority in general elections, ending 45 years of communist rule. |
| 22 March 2002 | England [law and government] | In England a severely paralysed woman's unprecedented plea for legal approval to have the respirator keeping her alive in hospital switched off wins her case. |
