| 31861 | March 21 | Holiday and observance | Truant's Day (Poland) |
| 31862 | March 21 | Holiday and observance | Vernal Equinox related observances (see March 20) |
| 31863 | March 21 | Holiday and observance | World Down Syndrome Day (International) |
| 31864 | March 21 | Holiday and observance | World Poetry Day (International) |
| 31865 | March 21 | Holiday and observance | World Puppetry Day (International) |
| 31866 | March 21 | Holiday and observance | Youth Day (Tunisia) |
| 31867 | March 22 | Event | 238 – Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors. |
| 31868 | March 22 | Event | 871 – Æthelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. |
| 31869 | March 22 | Event | 1508 – Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire. |
| 31870 | March 22 | Event | 1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. |
| 31871 | March 22 | Event | 1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War. |
| 31872 | March 22 | Event | 1630 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables. |
| 31873 | March 22 | Event | 1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent. |
| 31874 | March 22 | Event | 1697 – Charles II of Spain issued a Royal Cedula extending to the indigenous nobles of the Spanish Crown colonies, as well as to their descendants, the preeminence and honors customarily attributed to the Hidalgos of Castile.[1] |
| 31875 | March 22 | Event | 1713 – The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization. |
| 31876 | March 22 | Event | 1739 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne. |
| 31877 | March 22 | Event | 1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies. |
| 31878 | March 22 | Event | 1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. |
| 31879 | March 22 | Event | 1829 – In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece. |
| 31880 | March 22 | Event | 1849 – The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara. |
| 31881 | March 22 | Event | 1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment. |
| 31882 | March 22 | Event | 1872 – Illinois becomes the first state to require sexual equality in employment |
| 31883 | March 22 | Event | 1873 – A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery. |
| 31884 | March 22 | Event | 1894 – The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts. |
| 31885 | March 22 | Event | 1906 – The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris |
| 31886 | March 22 | Event | 1912– The State of Bihar, India was formed out of the State of Bengal. |
| 31887 | March 22 | Event | 1916 – The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored. |
| 31888 | March 22 | Event | 1920 – Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh). |
| 31889 | March 22 | Event | 1939 – World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania. |
| 31890 | March 22 | Event | 1942 – World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte. |