Page 2: Historical Events In March - 18

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

1395  On March - 18 birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1578  On March - 18 birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

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

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

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on this day in history.   

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on March - 18.   

1227  On March - 18 honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on March - 18.   

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on March - 18.   

1582  On this day in history death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched   

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

1584  On March - 18 ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53