Important Historical Events of the year 1622, Year 1622 in History

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List of 1622 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1622

What happened in the year 1622?

Date	Event
March 12, 1622	Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
March 22, 1622	Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
June 20, 1622	The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
June 24, 1622	Battle of Macau: The Dutch make a failed attempt to capture Macau.
September 5, 1622	A hurricane overruns a Spanish fleet bound from Havana to Cadiz and sinks the galleon Atocha. Only five men are rescued, but 260 passengers and 200 million pesos are buried with the Atocha under 50 feet of water.
December 18, 1622	Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.