Famous Deaths In March - 18

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 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 March - 18.   

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

1675  On this day in history death of arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)   

1689  On this day in history death of john Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)   

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

1696  Death of Robert Charnock, English conspirator on March - 18.   

1745  On this day in history robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29]   

1746  On March - 18 death of anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718)   

1768  Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies on this day in history.   

1781  Death of Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727) on March - 18.   

1799  John Randall, composer, dies at 82 on March - 18.   

1816  On this day in history johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67   

1817  Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1835  Death of Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769) on March - 18.   

1845  John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], American pioneer agronomist dies in Allen County Indiana on March - 18.   

1870  On this day in history joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48   

1871  Death of Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806) on this day in history.   

1875  On March - 18 ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43   

1876  F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1886  On March - 18 leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91   

1889  William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 on March - 18.   

1898  On March - 18 death of matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)   

1899  Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1907  On this day in history death of marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827)   

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

1917  William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies on this day in history.   

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1380  On this day in history birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

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

1496  Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 18.