Famous Deaths In March - 18

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on this day in history.   

0978  On this day in history death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on this day in history.   

1314  On this day in history jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  On March - 18 john of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82   

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on this day in history.   

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on this day in history.   

1584  On March - 18 ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53   

1675  On this day in history death of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)   

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

1690  Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies on this day in history.   

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

1745  Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29] on March - 18.   

1746  Death of Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718) on March - 18.   

1768  Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies on March - 18.   

1781  Death of Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727) on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history john Randall, composer, dies at 82   

1816  Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 on March - 18.   

1817  On this day in history johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67   

1823  Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48   

1871  On March - 18 death of augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)   

1875  On this day in history ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43   

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

1886  On this day in history leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91   

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

1898  On March - 18 death of matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)   

1899  On March - 18 douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76   

1900  On this day in history antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32   

1907  On March - 18 death of marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827)   

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

1917  William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies on this day in history.   

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

1395  John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447) was born on March - 18.   

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  On March - 18 birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1590  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1602  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.