March 18 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1875  Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43   

1876  F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65   

1877  President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington DC.   

1877  President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC.   

1877  Clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman)   

1881  Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)   

1881  Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963).   

1882  Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer.   

1886  Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show).   

1886  Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91.   

1888  Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor   

1889  F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands.   

1889  William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66.   

1890  inaugural US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts).   

1890  Kaiser Wilhelm forces Bismarck to resign as prime minister.   

1890  1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts).   

1890  Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education.   

1891  Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone.   

1892  Lord Stanley proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup).   

1892  Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)   

1892  Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II)   

1893  Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth)   

1895  200 blacks leave Savannah GA for Liberia   

1897  Betty Compson, actress (Big City, Docks Of New York).   

1898  Otto Jochum, composer.   

1899  Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering   

1899  Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin   

1899  Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76   

1900  Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms   

1900  Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32.   

1901  Piotr Perkowski, composer.   

1902  Enrico Caruso is recorded as becoming inaugural well-known performer to make a record.   

1902  Enrico Caruso is recorded as becoming 1st well-known performer to make a record.   

1904  1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)"   

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1380  Liduina van schiedam: Dutch "christ's bride"/saint   

1395  John holland: 2nd duke of exeter, english military leader   

1496  Mary tudor: Daughter of henry vii of england and queen consort of louis xii of france   

1548  Cornelis ketel: Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  Francois-hercule de valois: French duke of anjou/brabant   

1578  Adam elsheimer: German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

1590  Manuel de faria e sousa: Portuguese historian and poet   

1602  Jacques de billy: French mathematician   

0235  Marcus aurelius alexander: Syrian emperor of rome (222-235), murdered   

0978  Edward: The martyr, king of anglo-saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

1227  Death of Honorius iii: [cencio savelli], pope (1216-27),   

1314  Death of Jacques de molay: The last grand master of order of knights,   

1493  John of lannoy: Flemish governor/viceroy of neth/zealand,   

1582  Death of Jean jaurequi: Basque murderer of willem of orange, lynched   

1583  King magnus of livonia: King magnus of livonia (b. 1540)   

1584  Ivan iv: The terrible, russian tsar (1547-84),