Famous Deaths In March - 18

0235  On this day in history death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered   

0978  On March - 18 death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

1227  On this day in history honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

1314  On March - 18 jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on March - 18.   

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on March - 18.   

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1675  Death of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606) on March - 18.   

1689  Death of John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607) on March - 18.   

1690  On March - 18 charles, duke of Lutherans, dies   

1696  Death of Robert Charnock, English conspirator on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29]   

1746  On March - 18 death of anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718)   

1768  On March - 18 lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies   

1781  On this day in history death of anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)   

1799  John Randall, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1816  On March - 18 johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67   

1817  On March - 18 johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67   

1823  On March - 18 jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69   

1835  Death of Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769) on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], American pioneer agronomist dies in Allen County Indiana   

1870  On March - 18 joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48   

1871  Death of Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806) on this day in history.   

1875  Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history f Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65   

1886  Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91 on March - 18.   

1889  On March - 18 william Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66   

1898  Death of Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826) on March - 18.   

1899  Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 on March - 18.   

1900  On March - 18 antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32   

1907  Death of Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history death of george I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67   

1917  On this day in history william Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies   

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1380  On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

1395  On this day in history birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

1496  On this day in history birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)   

1548  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on this day in history.   

1556  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

1590  On March - 18 birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  On March - 18 birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)