Famous Deaths In March - 18

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

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

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 March - 18.  

1583  On this day in history death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)  

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

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 March - 18.  

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1690  Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies on March - 18.  

1696  On March - 18 death of robert Charnock, English conspirator  

1745  On this day in history 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 March - 18.  

1781  Death of Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727) on March - 18.  

1799  On March - 18 john Randall, composer, dies at 82  

1816  On March - 18 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 March - 18.  

1835  On March - 18 death of christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)  

1845  On March - 18 john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], American pioneer agronomist dies in Allen County Indiana  

1870  Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1871  On this day in history 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  William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 on March - 18.  

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  Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 on this day in history.  

1907  Death of Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827) on this day in history.  

1913  Death of George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67 on March - 18.  

1917  William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies on this day in history.  

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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  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 this day in history.  

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 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)