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  On March - 18 lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers  

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

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

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

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  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 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 March - 18 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 March - 18.  

1781  On March - 18 charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1813  David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas on this day in history.  

1813  Friedrich Hebbel, writer on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history 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 March - 18.  

1548  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on this day in history.  

1556  On this day in history birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant  

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on March - 18.  

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

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 March - 18.  

0978  On March - 18 death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15  

1227  On this day in history 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  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  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on this day in history.