Editing March 22 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1621]] &ndash; The [[Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrims]] of [[Plymouth Colony]], lead by governor [[John Carver (governor)|John Carver]], sign a [[Wampanoag treaty|peace treaty]] with [[Massasoit]], [[sachem]] of the [[Wampanoag people|Wampanoags]]; [[Squanto]] serves as an interpreter between the two sides.<ref>{{cite book |last=Weeks |first=Alvin |title=Massasoit of the Wampanoags |publisher=Creative Media Partners |location=Scituate |year=2001 |isbn=9781582185934 |page=viii}}</ref>
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Indian massacre of 1622|Jamestown massacre]]: [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquians]] kill 347 English settlers around [[Jamestown, Virginia]], a third of the colony's population, during the [[Anglo-Powhatan Wars|Second Anglo-Powhatan War]].
*[[1631]] &ndash; The [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of [[Playing card|cards]], [[dice]], and gaming tables.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fischer |first=David |title=Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |location=Oxford |year=1991 |isbn=9780199742530 |page=148}}</ref>
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Anne Hutchinson]] is expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious dissent.<ref>{{cite book |author=David D. Hall |title=The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638: A Documentary History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=of2S0mD5P5cC&pg=PA10 |year=1990 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=0-8223-1091-0 |page=10}}</ref>
*[[1668]] &ndash; 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)]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cruikshank |first1=Ernest Alexander |author1-link=Ernest Alexander Cruikshank |title=The Life of Sir Henry Morgan With an Account of the English Settlement of the Island of Jamaica (1655-1688) |date=1935 |publisher=Macmillan Company of Canada limited |pages=84–87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSr2L48ibosC}}</ref>
*[[1739]] &ndash; [[Nader Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
*[[1765]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Great Britain|British Parliament]] passes the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its [[British colonization of the Americas|American colonies]].
*[[1784]] &ndash; The [[Emerald Buddha]] is moved with great ceremony to its current location in [[Wat Phra Kaew]], Thailand.<ref>{{cite book |author=Subhadradis Diskul (M.C.) |title=History of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwDFO8uY3dIC |year=1982 |publisher=Bureau of the Royal Household |page=19}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets]]: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Madiou |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Madiou |title=Histoire d'Haïti, Tome I |year=1847 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vN4CAAAAYAAJ&q=Histoire+d'Haiti,+Volume+1+Par+Thomas+Madiou&pg=PA363 |language=French |page=102}}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; The [[Slave Trade Act of 1794]] bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a [[Slave ship|ship for the purpose of importing slaves]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/slave-trade-act-1794 |title=Slave Trade Act of 1794 |website=DOCSTeach |publisher=National Archives |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[1829]] &ndash; In the [[London Protocol (1829)|London Protocol]], the three protecting powers ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]], [[France]] and [[Russian Empire|Russia]]) establish the borders of [[First Hellenic Republic|Greece]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; The [[Austrian Empire|Austrians]] defeat the [[Kingdom of Sardinia|Piedmontese]] at the [[Battle of Novara (1849)|Battle of Novara]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; In [[North Carolina]], [[William Woods Holden]] becomes the first [[Governor (United States)|governor]] of a U.S. state to be removed from office by [[Impeachment by state and territorial governments of the United States|impeachment]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; The [[Cortes Generales|Spanish National Assembly]] abolishes [[Slavery in the Spanish New World colonies|slavery in Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dialogo.upr.edu/la-abolicion-de-la-esclavitud-en-puerto-rico-cumple-145-anos/ |title=La abolición de la esclavitud en Puerto Rico cumple 145 años |trans-title=The abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico turns 145 years old |website=dialogo.upr.edu |first=María Andrea |last=Arbeláez |date=22 March 2018 |access-date=18 September 2023 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; The [[Stanley Cup]] ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.<ref>{{cite book |last=Harari |first=P. J. |title=Ice hockey made simple : a spectator's guide |publisher=First Base Sports |location=Los Angeles, CA |year=2002 |isbn=9781884309113 |page=59}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers [[Auguste and Louis Lumière]] demonstrate movie [[film]] technology publicly for the first time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sadoul |first=Georges |translator-last=Morris |translator-first=Peter |title=Dictionary of Film Makers |location=Berkeley, Calif. |publisher=University of California Press |date=1972 |oclc=937598661 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PvsZikRu-hAC |page=160 |isbn=9780520021518}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Charilaos Vasilakos]] wins the first modern Olympic [[marathon]] race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.<ref>{{cite book |author=Richard D. Mandell |title=1896: The First Modern Olympics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yX8pMYKkHogC&pg=PT69 |year=1976 |publisher=Blacktoad Publishing |isbn=978-0-9570591-0-8 |page=69}}</ref>