Page 2: Historical Events In March - 18
Friday, 09 May 2025
1657 On this day in history giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer
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 March - 18 christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)
1690 On this day in history charles, duke of Lutherans, dies
1696 On this day in history 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 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 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
1781 Charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1807 On March - 18 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 March - 18.
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 March - 18.
1813 Friedrich Hebbel, writer on March - 18.
1816 Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history 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 March - 18.
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