Famous Deaths In March - 18

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on this day in history.  

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

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on this day in history.  

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

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on this day in history.  

1583  On this day in history death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)  

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

1675  On March - 18 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  Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 March - 18.  

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

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

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

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

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

1835  On March - 18 death of christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)  

1845  On March - 18 john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], American pioneer agronomist dies in Allen County Indiana  

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 March - 18.  

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

1876  On March - 18 f Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65  

1886  On this day in history leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91  

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

1898  Death of Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826) on March - 18.  

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

1900  Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 on this day in history.  

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

1913  On March - 18 death of george I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67  

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

1590  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on March - 18.  

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