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  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 March - 18.  

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 March - 18.  

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 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 this day in history death of anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)  

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

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  Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 on March - 18.  

1835  Death of Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769) on March - 18.  

1845  On this day in history 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  Death of Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806) on this day in history.  

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

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

1898  Death of Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826) on March - 18.  

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

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

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  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  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on this day in history.  

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

1602  On this day in history birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)