Page 2: Historical Events In March - 18

1657  On March - 18 giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer   

1662  First public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city on March - 18.   

1662  The first buses, eight-seater vehicles known as "carrosses a cinq solz", run in Paris on March - 18.   

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

1690  On this day in history christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)   

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

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

1734  On March - 18 joseph Schmitt, composer   

1745  Death of Sir Robert Walpole, British Whig statesman and prime minister for a record 21 years on this day in history.   

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  David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo) on March - 18.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1782  On March - 18 john Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)   

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

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

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

1813  David Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas on this day in history.   

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

1813  Friedrich Hebbel, writer on this day in history.   

1816  Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1817  Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67 on March - 18.   

1818  On March - 18 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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1380  On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

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 March - 18 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 this day in history birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  On this day in history birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on March - 18.   

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.   

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

1314  On March - 18 jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  On March - 18 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 this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53