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  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 March - 18.  

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

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on this day in history.  

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  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.  

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1690  On March - 18 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 this day in history.  

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

1781  On March - 18 death of anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)  

1799  On this day in history john Randall, composer, dies at 82  

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

1871  On this day in history death of augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)  

1875  On March - 18 ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43  

1876  F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1886  Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91 on March - 18.  

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  On this day in history douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76  

1900  On this day in history antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32  

1907  On this day in history death of marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827)  

1913  On March - 18 death of george I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67  

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 this day in history.  

1548  On March - 18 birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet  

1556  On March - 18 birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant  

1578  On March - 18 birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized  

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

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