Historical Events In March - 18
Friday, 29 March 2024
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 On this day in history the first buses, eight-seater vehicles known as "carrosses a cinq solz", run in Paris.
1673 Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers on this day in history.
1690 On this day in history christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)
1690 On March - 18 charles, duke of Lutherans, dies
1696 On this day in history robert Charnock, English conspirator
1734 On March - 18 joseph Schmitt, composer
1745 On this day in history death of Sir Robert Walpole, British Whig statesman and prime minister for a record 21 years
1745 Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29] on this day in history.
1754 Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier on this day in history.
1756 Johann Christoph Vogel, composer on this day in history.
1765 David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo) on this day in history.
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 this day in history lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies
1773 Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer", premieres in London on March - 18.
1773 Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London on this day in history.
1781 Charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92 on March - 18.
1781 Gustave Vogt, composer on March - 18.
1782 John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32) on this day in history.
1793 On March - 18 2nd Battle at Neerwinden Austria army beats France
1793 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France on this day in history.
1799 On March - 18 john Randall, composer, dies at 82
1807 On this day in history british forces occupy Alexandria but are able to hold it for only 6 months before the Turks force their evacuation
1810 "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York on this day in history.
1810 On this day in history "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY
1813 On March - 18 david Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas
1813 On March - 18 david Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas
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 Congress approves first pensions for government service on this day in history.
1818 Congress approves 1st pensions for government service on March - 18.
1823 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69
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