Famous Deaths In March - 18

0235  On March - 18 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  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on this day in history.  

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

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1582  On March - 18 death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched  

1583  On this day in history 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 March - 18.  

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  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 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 this day in history.  

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

1816  Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 on March - 18.  

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

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 March - 18.  

1845  John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], American pioneer agronomist dies in Allen County Indiana on March - 18.  

1870  On March - 18 joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48  

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 this day in history.  

1876  On this day in history f Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65  

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  On March - 18 death of matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)  

1899  Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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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 March - 18.  

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  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)