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  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on March - 18.  

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

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on March - 18.  

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  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on March - 18.  

1675  Death of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606) on March - 18.  

1689  Death of John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607) on this day in history.  

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

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

1745  Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29] on March - 18.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1870  Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48 on March - 18.  

1871  On March - 18 death of augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)  

1875  On this day in history ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43  

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

1886  Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76  

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

1907  Death of Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827) on this day in history.  

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

1917  On this day in history william Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies  

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on March - 18.  

1395  John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447) was born on March - 18.  

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 March - 18 birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet  

1556  On this day in history 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 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.