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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1696  On March - 18 robert Charnock, English conspirator   

1734  On March - 18 joseph Schmitt, composer   

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

1745  On this day in history 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 this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer   

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

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  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 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  On this day in history john Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)   

1793  2nd Battle at Neerwinden Austria army beats France on March - 18.   

1793  2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France on March - 18.   

1799  John Randall, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history 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 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 March - 18 johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67   

1817  On March - 18 johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67   

1818  Congress approves first pensions for government service on this day in history.   

1818  On March - 18 congress approves 1st pensions for government service   

1823  Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 on March - 18.   

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1380  On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

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

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  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on March - 18.   

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  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  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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