Historical Events In March - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1657 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer on this day in history.
1662 On this day in history first public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city
1662 On this day in history the first buses, eight-seater vehicles known as "carrosses a cinq solz", run in Paris.
1673 On March - 18 lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers
1690 Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) on March - 18.
1690 Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies on this day in history.
1696 On March - 18 robert Charnock, English conspirator
1734 Joseph Schmitt, composer on this day in history.
1745 On this day in history death of Sir Robert Walpole, British Whig statesman and prime minister for a record 21 years
1745 On this day in history robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29]
1754 On this day in history duke of Newcastle becomes English premier
1756 On March - 18 johann Christoph Vogel, composer
1765 On this day in history david H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)
1766 On this day in history after four months of organized American protests, the British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, a taxation measure enacted to raise revenues for a standing British army in America
1768 Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies on March - 18.
1773 Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer", premieres in London on this day in history.
1773 On March - 18 oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London
1781 On this day in history charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92
1781 On this day in history gustave Vogt, composer
1782 On this day in history john Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)
1793 On March - 18 2nd Battle at Neerwinden Austria army beats France
1793 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France on this day in history.
1799 John Randall, composer, dies at 82 on March - 18.
1807 British forces occupy Alexandria but are able to hold it for only 6 months before the Turks force their evacuation on March - 18.
1810 On this day in history "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York
1810 On this day in history "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY
1813 David Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas on this day in history.
1813 On March - 18 david Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas
1813 Friedrich Hebbel, writer on March - 18.
1816 Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1817 On March - 18 johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67
1818 On this day in history congress approves first pensions for government service
1818 On this day in history congress approves 1st pensions for government service
1823 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69
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