Historical Events In March - 18

1657  On March - 18 giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer  

1662  First public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city on March - 18.  

1662  On this day in history the first buses, eight-seater vehicles known as "carrosses a cinq solz", run in Paris.  

1673  On this day in history lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers  

1690  Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) on March - 18.  

1690  Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies on this day in history.  

1696  On this day in history robert Charnock, English conspirator  

1734  On this day in history 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 March - 18.  

1754  On this day in history duke of Newcastle becomes English premier  

1756  Johann Christoph Vogel, composer on this day in history.  

1765  David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo) on March - 18.  

1766  On March - 18 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  Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies on March - 18.  

1773  On March - 18 oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer", premieres in London  

1773  Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London on this day in history.  

1781  On this day in history charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92  

1781  Gustave Vogt, composer on this day in history.  

1782  On March - 18 john Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)  

1793  On this day in history 2nd Battle at Neerwinden Austria army beats France  

1793  2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France on this day in history.  

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

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 March - 18.  

1810  "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY on this day in history.  

1813  David Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas on this day in history.  

1813  David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas on this day in history.  

1813  Friedrich Hebbel, writer on March - 18.  

1816  Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1817  Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67 on March - 18.  

1818  Congress approves first pensions for government service on March - 18.  

1818  On this day in history congress approves 1st pensions for government service  

1823  Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On March - 18 birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized  

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.  

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on March - 18.  

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.  

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on March - 18.  

1314  On March - 18 jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies  

1493  On March - 18 john of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82  

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on March - 18.  

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on March - 18.  

1584  On this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53