Historical Events In March - 18

1657  On this day in history giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer   

1662  On March - 18 first public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city   

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 March - 18.   

1690  On March - 18 charles, duke of Lutherans, dies   

1696  On this day in history robert Charnock, English conspirator   

1734  On March - 18 joseph Schmitt, composer   

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  On March - 18 duke of Newcastle becomes English premier   

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

1773  On this day in history oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer", premieres in London   

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

1781  Charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92 on this day in history.   

1781  Gustave Vogt, composer on March - 18.   

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 March - 18.   

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  "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York on this day in history.   

1810  "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY on March - 18.   

1813  On this day in history david Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas   

1813  David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas on March - 18.   

1813  Friedrich Hebbel, writer on this day in history.   

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

1817  On March - 18 johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67   

1818  On March - 18 congress approves first pensions for government service   

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

1823  Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 on March - 18.   

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

1395  John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  On March - 18 birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

1578  On this day in history birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

1590  On this day in history birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  On March - 18 birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

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 this day in history honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

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