Page 2: Historical Events In March - 18

1657  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 18 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1793  2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France on this day in history.   

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

1807  British forces occupy Alexandria but are able to hold it for only 6 months before the Turks force their evacuation on March - 18.   

1810  "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY   

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

1813  On this day in history david Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas   

1813  On this day in history friedrich Hebbel, writer   

1816  Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 on March - 18.   

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 March - 18 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 March - 18.   

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  On March - 18 birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

1578  On this day in history 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 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  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on March - 18.   

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  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on this day in history.   

1583  On March - 18 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