Famous Deaths In March - 18

0235  On March - 18 death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered  

0978  On March - 18 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  On this day in history john of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82  

1582  On this day in history death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched  

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 this day in history.  

1675  On this day in history 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 this day in history charles, duke of Lutherans, dies  

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

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

1746  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history 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 March - 18.  

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

1876  F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65 on March - 18.  

1886  On March - 18 leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91  

1889  William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 on March - 18.  

1898  Death of Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826) on this day in history.  

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

1900  On March - 18 antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32  

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

1913  On March - 18 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 March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint  

1395  On March - 18 birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)  

1496  Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) was born on March - 18.  

1548  On this day in history 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  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)