Famous Deaths In March - 18

0235  On this day in history death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered   

0978  On this day in history death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

1227  On this day in history honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

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

1493  On this day in history 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 March - 18.   

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

1584  On this day in history 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  Death of John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607) on this day in history.   

1690  On March - 18 charles, duke of Lutherans, dies   

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

1745  On March - 18 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 this day in history.   

1781  Death of Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1886  On March - 18 leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91   

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

1900  Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 on March - 18.   

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 March - 18 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 this day in history.   

1496  On March - 18 birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)   

1548  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)