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Birth of actor Wilfrid Brambell in Dublin

March 22, 1912

Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish television and film actor, best remembered for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son (1962–1965, 1970–1974). He achieved international recognition in 1964 for his appearance alongside the Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney.

Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh, The Manx Gaelic Society, Formed

March 22, 1899

Yn Çheshaght Ghailckagh, also known as the Manx Language Society and formerly known as Manx Gaelic Society, was founded in 1899 in the Isle of Man to promote the Manx language. The group’s motto is Gyn çhengey, gyn çheer (Without language, without country).

Last fully public hanginghanging in Scotland that of Joseph Bell at Perth.

March 22, 1868

Vicar’s Bridge, the historic bridge was replaced by a modern structure in the 1960s. Of note here, was a murder in the late 19th century by Joe Bell of a passer-by.

Birth of artist Sarah Purser in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

March 22, 1848

Sarah Henrietta Purser RHA (22 March 1848 – 7 August 1943) was an Irish artist mainly noted for her portraiture. She was the first woman to become a full member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. She also founded and financially supported An Túr Gloine, a stained glass studio.

The Irish Emigrant Society is founded in New York

March 22, 1841

Emigrant aid society, founded in New York, 1841, through the instrumentality of Bishop Hughes, and resulted in the establishment of the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank.

Sir Richard Sankey, soldier and engineer, is born in Cashel, Co. Tipperary

March 22, 1829

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Hieram Sankey KCB (22 March 1829 – 11 November 1908) was an officer in the Royal (Madras) Engineers in the East India Company’s army in British India, later transferring to the British Army after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the assumption of Crown rule in India.

Melasina Trench, writer, is born in Dublin

March 22, 1768

Melesina Trench (née Chenevix, previously St George; 22 March 1768 – 27 May 1827) was an Irish writer, poet and diarist. During her lifetime she was known more for her beauty than her writing, and it wasn’t until her son, Richard Chenevix Trench, published her diaries posthumously in 1861 that her work received notice.

Neil Gow, first of a famous family of Fiddle players and composers, born

March 22, 1727

Niel Gow (22 March 1727 — 1 March 1807) was a Scottish fiddler in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

With the return of a Catholic monarchy James II payments to the Catholic hierarchy are authorized

March 22, 1686

The Glorious Revolution is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew.

Scottish and French troops defeat English forces at Baugé in Anjou, France

March 22, 1421