Page 2: Historical Events In March - 18

1657  On this day in history giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer   

1662  On this day in history first public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city   

1662  On March - 18 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 March - 18.   

1690  On this day in history christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)   

1690  Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies on March - 18.   

1696  Robert Charnock, English conspirator on March - 18.   

1734  Joseph Schmitt, composer on March - 18.   

1745  On March - 18 death of Sir Robert Walpole, British Whig statesman and prime minister for a record 21 years   

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

1754  On March - 18 duke of Newcastle becomes English premier   

1756  On March - 18 johann Christoph Vogel, composer   

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

1766  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 on this day in history.   

1768  On March - 18 lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies   

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

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 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  On March - 18 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France   

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 March - 18.   

1810  On this day in history "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York   

1810  On March - 18 "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY   

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 this day in history.   

1813  On March - 18 friedrich Hebbel, writer   

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

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 March - 18.   

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  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on March - 18.   

1556  On March - 18 birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1590  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on March - 18.   

1602  On March - 18 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  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  On March - 18 jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  On this day in history 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  On March - 18 death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)   

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