Page 2: Historical Events In March - 18

1657  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer on March - 18.   

1662  First public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city on this day in history.   

1662  The first buses, eight-seater vehicles known as "carrosses a cinq solz", run in Paris on this day in history.   

1673  Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers on this day in history.   

1690  Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) on this day in history.   

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

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

1734  Joseph Schmitt, composer on this day in history.   

1745  On March - 18 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  Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier on March - 18.   

1756  On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer   

1765  On March - 18 david H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)   

1766  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 on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies   

1773  On March - 18 oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer", premieres in London   

1773  Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92   

1781  Gustave Vogt, composer on March - 18.   

1782  John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32) on March - 18.   

1793  2nd Battle at Neerwinden Austria army beats France on March - 18.   

1793  On this day in history 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France   

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

1807  On March - 18 british forces occupy Alexandria but are able to hold it for only 6 months before the Turks force their evacuation   

1810  "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York on March - 18.   

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  On March - 18 friedrich Hebbel, writer   

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

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

1818  Congress approves first pensions for government service on this day in history.   

1818  Congress approves 1st pensions for government service on March - 18.   

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

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on this day in history.   

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

1496  On March - 18 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  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0235  On March - 18 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 March - 18 honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on March - 18.   

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 this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53