Famous Deaths In March - 18

0235  On March - 18 death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered  

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on March - 18.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1675  On March - 18 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  On this day in history charles, duke of Lutherans, dies  

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 March - 18 death of anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)  

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

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  On March - 18 jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69  

1835  Death of Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769) on this day in history.  

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

1875  Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 on March - 18.  

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

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

1889  On March - 18 william Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66  

1898  Death of Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826) on this day in history.  

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

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  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  On March - 18 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 March - 18.  

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  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on March - 18.  

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1590  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1602  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on March - 18.