Historical Events In March - 18

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

1900  Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms on this day in history.   

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

1901  On March - 18 piotr Perkowski, composer   

1902  Enrico Caruso becomes first well-known performer to make a record on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record   

1904  1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)" on this day in history.   

1905  On March - 18 john Kirkpatrick, NYC, pianist (Concord Sonata)   

1906  On March - 18 roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean)   

1907  On March - 18 eleanor L "Betty" Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble)   

1908  Louis Gaste, songwriter on March - 18.   

1909  Einar Dessau of Denmark makes first ham broadcast on this day in history.   

1909  Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast on this day in history.   

1910  US magician Harry Houdini completes three controlled flights in a Voisin boxkite biplane at Digger's Rest, Victoria, the first controlled flight in a powered aircraft in Australia. mar181913 - Greece's King George I is assassinated in Salonika on March - 18.   

1910  On this day in history 1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC   

1910  On this day in history chiang Ching-huo, son of Chinese pres Chiang Kai-shek/pres (1978-88)   

1911  North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law on this day in history.   

1911  On March - 18 smiley Burnette, Summum Ill, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction)   

1913  On this day in history king George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.   

1913  Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/Rhine on this day in history.   

1913  George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67 on this day in history.   

1914  Fourteen suffragettes are arrested and fined in Perth for wearing unsheathed hatpins (which they were said to have used as weapons) on March - 18.   

1914  On this day in history white Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China   

1914  On this day in history white Wolf gang beats govt army in Jingdezhen China   

1914  On this day in history cesar Guerra Peixe, composer   

1915  On March - 18 failed British attack in Dardanelles (The plan was supported by Winston Churchill)   

1915  On this day in history french battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed   

1915  Turkey's Canakkale (Trojan) Sea Victory against allied powers(USA, Australia, England, Italy) during First World War on this day in history.   

1915  On March - 18 failed British attack in Dardanelles   

1915  On this day in history richard Thomas Condon, author   

1916  Louis Toebosch, composer on March - 18.   

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

1918  On this day in history socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam   

1918  On March - 18 soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms   

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on March - 18.   

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 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  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on March - 18.   

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

0235  On March - 18 death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered   

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 this day in history 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 March - 18.   

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

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