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 March - 18.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on March - 18.  

1584  On March - 18 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 March - 18 death of john Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)  

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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  Death of Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718) on March - 18.  

1768  On March - 18 lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies  

1781  On this day in history death of anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)  

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

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

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

1823  Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1871  On this day in history 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 March - 18.  

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 this day in history death of matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)  

1899  On March - 18 douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76  

1900  On March - 18 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 this day in history.  

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

1496  Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) was born on March - 18.  

1548  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on March - 18.  

1556  On this day in history 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)