Historical Events In March - 18
Saturday, 25 March 2023
1657 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer on this day in history.
1662 First public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city on this day in history.
1662 The first buses, eight-seater vehicles known as "carrosses a cinq solz", run in Paris on this day in history.
1673 On March - 18 lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers
1690 On March - 18 christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)
1690 On this day in history charles, duke of Lutherans, dies
1696 Robert Charnock, English conspirator on this day in history.
1734 Joseph Schmitt, composer on this day in history.
1745 Death of Sir Robert Walpole, British Whig statesman and prime minister for a record 21 years on March - 18.
1745 Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29] on March - 18.
1754 Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier on March - 18.
1756 On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer
1765 David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo) on March - 18.
1766 On this day in history after four months of organized American protests, the British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, a taxation measure enacted to raise revenues for a standing British army in America
1768 On March - 18 lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies
1773 On March - 18 oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer", premieres in London
1773 Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London on March - 18.
1781 On March - 18 charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92
1781 Gustave Vogt, composer on this day in history.
1782 John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32) on March - 18.
1793 On this day in history 2nd Battle at Neerwinden Austria army beats France
1793 On March - 18 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France
1799 John Randall, composer, dies at 82 on March - 18.
1807 British forces occupy Alexandria but are able to hold it for only 6 months before the Turks force their evacuation on this day in history.
1810 "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York on this day in history.
1810 "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY on this day in history.
1813 On this day in history david Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas
1813 David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas on this day in history.
1813 Friedrich Hebbel, writer on this day in history.
1816 Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 on March - 18.
1817 On March - 18 johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67
1818 On this day in history congress approves first pensions for government service
1818 On March - 18 congress approves 1st pensions for government service
1823 Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 on March - 18.
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