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On March 22, 106: Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.

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Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.

Year 106 (CVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Civica. The denomination 106 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

People

Born on March 22

Artūrs Šilovs 2001– Latvian ice hockey player (born 2001)
Dimitrios Meliopoulos 2000– Greek footballer (born 2000)
Alex Meret 1997– Italian footballer (born 1997)
Chimezie Metu 1997– Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1997)
Martin Wong 1997– Hong Kong actor, model and singer (born 1997)
Edwin Díaz 1994– Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1994)
Taurean Prince 1994– American basketball player (born 1994)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1994– Belarusian tennis player (born 1994)
Ha Sung-woon 1994– South Korean singer (born 1994)
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Roston Chase 1992– Barbadian cricketer (born 1992)
Edy Tavares 1992– Cape Verdean basketball player (born 1992)
Ruben Popa 1989– Romanian footballer
J. J. Watt 1989– American football player and television analyst (born 1989)
Chris Ivory 1988– American football player (born 1988)
Ike Davis 1987– American baseball player (born 1987)
Liam Doran 1987– British rallycross driver (born 1987)
Jairo Mora Sandoval 1987– Costa Rican environmentalist
Dexter Fowler 1986– American baseball player (born 1986)

People

Died on March 22

Lionel Jospin Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002
Jessica Aber American lawyer (1981–2025)
Andy Peebles English DJ and television presenter (1948–2025)
Laurent de Brunhoff French author and illustrator (1925–2024)
Scott Walker British-American singer-songwriter, composer and record producer (1943–2019) Johan van Hulst Dutch professor, politician, and Righteous Among the Nations (1911-2018)
Rob Ford Canadian politician (1969–2016)
Rita Gam American actress (1927–2016)
Arkady Arkanov Russian writer, doctor, playwright and stand-up comedian
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Horst Buhtz German football player and manager (1923–2015)
Norman Scribner American classical composer
Yashwant Vithoba Chittal Indian writer (1928–2014)
Mickey Duff Polish-born British boxer, matchmaker, and promoter
Thor Listau Norwegian politician
Tasos Mitsopoulos Cypriot politician (1965–2014)
Vladimír Čech Czech actor, presenter and politician (1951–2013)
Bebo Valdés Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger (1918–2013)
Joe Blanchard American football player, professional wrestler

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Every March 22 on record

  1. 106 Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.

    Calendar year

    Year 106 (CVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Civica. The denomination 106 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  2. 235 Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century.

    Roman emperor from 222 to 235

    Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, also known as Alexander Severus, was Roman emperor from 222 until 235. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty and, at the age of 13, became the youngest sole emperor of the united Roman Empire.

  3. 871 Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.

    King of Wessex from 865 to 871

    Æthelred I was King of Wessex from 865 until his death in 871. He was the fourth of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, four of whom in turn became king. Æthelred succeeded his elder brother Æthelberht and was followed by his youngest brother, Alfred the Great.

  4. 1185 Battle of Yashima: the Japanese forces of the Taira clan are defeated by the Minamoto clan.

    Part of the Genpei War (March 22, 1185)

    Battle of Yashima (屋島の戦い) was one of the battles of the Genpei War on March 22, 1185, in the Heian period. It occurred in Sanuki Province (Shikoku), which is now Takamatsu, Kagawa.

  5. 1312 Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar.

    Bull issued by Pope Clement V in 1312

    Vox in excelso is a bull issued by Pope Clement V on 22 March 1312. In view of the suspicion, infamy, loud insinuations and other things which have been brought against the order ... and also the secret and clandestine reception of the brother of this Order; in view, moreover, of the serious scandal which has arisen from these things, which it did not seem could be stopped while the Order remained in being, and the danger to faith and souls, and the many horrible things which have been done by the very many of the brothers of this Order, who have lapsed into the sin of wicked apostasy, the crime of detestable idolatry, and the execrable outrage of the Sodomites ...

  6. 1508 Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
  7. 1621 The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony, led by governor John Carver, sign a peace treaty with Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags; Squanto serves as an interpreter between the two sides.
  8. 1622 Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
  9. 1631 The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
  10. 1638 Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
  11. 1668 Notable Privateer Henry Morgan lands in Cuba to raid and plunder the inland town of Puerto del Príncipe during the latter stages of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660).
  12. 1739 Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
  13. 1765 The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
  14. 1784 The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
  15. 1792 Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution.
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  1. 1794 The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves.
  2. 1829 In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
  3. 1849 The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
  4. 1871 In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
  5. 1873 The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
  6. 1894 The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.
  7. 1895 Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
  8. 1896 Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.
  9. 1906 The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  10. 1913 Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
  11. 1916 Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency.
  12. 1920 Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
  13. 1933 Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
  14. 1933 Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau.
  15. 1934 The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.

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