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  On March - 18 honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies  

1314  On this day in history 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  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 March - 18.  

1584  On March - 18 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 this day in history.  

1689  On March - 18 death of john Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)  

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

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

1745  Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29] on March - 18.  

1746  Death of Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718) on March - 18.  

1768  On this day in history lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies  

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

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

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

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

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 March - 18.  

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  On this day in history leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91  

1889  On this day in history william Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66  

1898  On March - 18 death of matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)  

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 March - 18.  

1907  Death of Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827) on March - 18.  

1913  Death of George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67 on this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history 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 March - 18.  

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 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 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.