238 Gordian I (b. c. 160) & his son Gordian II (b. 192) are proclaimed Roman co-Emperors at Carthage (Mar 22 - Apr 12, 283)

871 Battle of Meretun: King Æthelred of Wessex defeats Danish invaders

1349 Jews of Fulda massacred for "causing the Plague"

1622 First Indian War: Powahaten attacks Jamestown, Va, 347 die

1638 Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.

1765 Parliament passes the Stamp Act

1793 The Holy Roman Empire declares war on the French Republic

1794 Congress prohibits the export of slaves from the United States.

1848 Venetian Revolution: A relatively bloodless coup led by Daniele Manin overthrows Austrian rule and restores a Republic

1862 San Marino & Italy conclude a treaty of friendship & cooperation

1865 Chickasaw, Alabama: Wilson's Raid begins

1917 3rd Lt. Elmer F. Stone becomes USCG Aviator No. 1

1939 Germany annexes Memel from Lithuania

1942 Second Naval Battle of Sirte: The Italian Navy gains a marginal victory over the British

1942 Italo-German air raids on Malta

1945 Patton's Third Army crosses the Rhine

1963 British War Minister John Profumo denies an affair with Christine Keeler

1979 Israeli parliament ratifies the peace treaty with Egypt