Events for March 22

March 22, 1686

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

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.

March 22, 1421

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

March 22, 1727

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

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

March 22, 1912

Birth of actor Wilfrid Brambell in Dublin

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.