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 March - 18.  

1690  Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) on this day in history.  

1690  On this day in history charles, duke of Lutherans, dies  

1696  On this day in history robert Charnock, English conspirator  

1734  On this day in history joseph Schmitt, composer  

1745  On March - 18 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  On March - 18 duke of Newcastle becomes English premier  

1756  On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer  

1765  On this day in history david H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)  

1766  On this day in history 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  On this day in history oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer", premieres in London  

1773  On March - 18 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 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  On March - 18 john Randall, composer, dies at 82  

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

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

1813  Friedrich Hebbel, writer on this day in history.  

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 March - 18 congress approves first pensions for government service  

1818  Congress approves 1st pensions for government service on March - 18.  

1823  Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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1380  On this day in history birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint  

1395  John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447) was born on this day in history.  

1496  On March - 18 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  On March - 18 birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized  

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

1602  On March - 18 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  On this day in history death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15  

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

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 March - 18.  

1583  On this day in history 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