Famous Deaths In March - 18

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

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 this day in history.  

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on this day in history.  

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  On March - 18 death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)  

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

1675  Death of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of robert Charnock, English conspirator  

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

1746  Death of Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718) on March - 18.  

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

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

1799  John Randall, composer, dies at 82 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 this day in history.  

1823  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69  

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

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

1875  Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1907  On March - 18 death of marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827)  

1913  On this day in history 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 March - 18.  

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1380  On this day in history 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 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  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  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on March - 18.  

1590  On March - 18 birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)  

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