Page 3: Historical Events In March - 18

1829  William Robertson Boggs, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911   

1830  Numa D Fustel de Coulanges, French historian/sociologist   

1834  inaugural railroad tunnel in US completed, in Pennsylvania (275 meter long)   

1834  In Dorset, England, six labourers, dubbed the Tolpuddle Martyrs, are sentenced to seven years banishment to Australian penal colony for forming a trade union   

1834  In England, six English agricultural laborers are sentenced to seven years of banishment to Australia’s New South Wales penal colony for their trade union activities.   

1834  1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Penn (275 m long).   

1835  Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass.   

1837  Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)   

1838  Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter.   

1839  Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906.   

1843  Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899)   

1844  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer is born   

1844  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade).   

1845  John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], American pioneer agronomist dies in Allen County Indiana   

1847  inaugural Dutch public telegram.   

1847  1st Dutch public telegram   

1848  Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer   

1850  American Express company formed in Buffalo, New York   

1850  Henry Wells and William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo   

1858  Dutch Van der Brugghen government steps down.   

1858  Rudolf Diesel, German inventor of the Diesel engine is born.   

1858  Dutch Van der Brugghen govt steps down.   

1858  Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor)   

1859  Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform.   

1864  Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240.   

1864  Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten).   

1865  Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma AL   

1865  Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time   

1865  Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL   

1866  Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer.   

1867  Michael G de Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam)   

1869  Neville Chamberlain, Former British prime minister is born   

1869  [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British PM (C, 1937-40)   

1870  1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland Calif)   

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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  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  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 18.   

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.   

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

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on March - 18.   

1493  On this day in history 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 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