Historical Events In March - 18
Thursday, 21 February 2019
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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