Famous Deaths In March - 18

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

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on March - 18.   

1227  On March - 18 honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on this day in history.   

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

1582  On this day in history death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched   

1583  On March - 18 death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)   

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 this day in history.   

1689  On this day in history death of john Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)   

1690  On this day in history charles, duke of Lutherans, dies   

1696  On this day in history death of robert Charnock, English conspirator   

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

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

1768  Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1817  Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69   

1835  On this day in history death of christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)   

1845  On March - 18 john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], American pioneer agronomist dies in Allen County Indiana   

1870  Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48 on March - 18.   

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

1875  On March - 18 ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43   

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

1886  Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1889  William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 on March - 18.   

1898  Death of Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826) on this day in history.   

1899  Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1900  On March - 18 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 March - 18 death of george I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67   

1917  On March - 18 william Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies   

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1380  On this day in history 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 March - 18.   

1556  On this day in history birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

1578  On March - 18 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  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on March - 18.