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  The first buses, eight-seater vehicles known as "carrosses a cinq solz", run in Paris on March - 18.  

1673  Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers on March - 18.  

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

1690  On March - 18 charles, duke of Lutherans, dies  

1696  Robert Charnock, English conspirator on this day in history.  

1734  Joseph Schmitt, composer on March - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

1754  Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier on March - 18.  

1756  On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer  

1765  David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo) on this day in history.  

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 March - 18.  

1768  Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies on this day in history.  

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

1773  Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London on March - 18.  

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

1781  On March - 18 gustave Vogt, composer  

1782  On this day in history 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 this day in history 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France  

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

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  "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 March - 18.  

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

1813  Friedrich Hebbel, writer on March - 18.  

1816  On this day in history johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67  

1817  Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

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

1823  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69  

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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 this day in history.  

1496  Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) was born on March - 18.  

1548  On March - 18 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  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 March - 18.  

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

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on this day in history.  

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on this day in history.  

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  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.