Page 2: Historical Events In March - 18

1657  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer on March - 18.   

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  Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers on this day in history.   

1690  On March - 18 christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)   

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

1696  On March - 18 robert Charnock, English conspirator   

1734  Joseph Schmitt, composer on March - 18.   

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  On March - 18 david H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)   

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

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

1773  On this day in history oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London   

1781  On March - 18 charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92   

1781  Gustave Vogt, composer on March - 18.   

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

1799  John Randall, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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  On March - 18 "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York   

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

1813  On March - 18 david Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas   

1813  David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas on March - 18.   

1813  On March - 18 friedrich Hebbel, writer   

1816  On March - 18 johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67   

1817  On March - 18 johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67   

1818  On March - 18 congress approves first pensions for government service   

1818  Congress approves 1st pensions for government service on this day in history.   

1823  On March - 18 jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69   

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1380  On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

1395  On this day in history birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

1496  On this day in history birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)   

1548  On this day in history birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on this day in history.   

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on March - 18.   

1590  On this day in history birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  On this day in history birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

0235  On this day in history death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered   

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 this day in history.   

1314  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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.