Historical Events In March - 18

1870  On this day in history 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland Calif)  

1870  On March - 18 joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48  

1871  Communards revolt in Paris France on March - 18.  

1871  Communards revolt in Paris on this day in history.  

1872  Frank Hoyt Losey, composer on March - 18.  

1874  On this day in history hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.  

1875  On this day in history ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43  

1876  F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65 on March - 18.  

1877  On March - 18 president Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington DC  

1877  On this day in history president Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC  

1877  Clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman) on this day in history.  

1881  Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG) on this day in history.  

1881  Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963) on March - 18.  

1882  On this day in history gian Francesco Malipiero, composer  

1886  On this day in history edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show)  

1886  On March - 18 leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91  

1888  Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor on March - 18.  

1889  On this day in history f Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands  

1889  On March - 18 william Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66  

1890  First US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history kaiser Wilhelm forces Bismarck to resign as prime minister  

1890  On this day in history 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)  

1890  Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education on March - 18.  

1891  Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone on March - 18.  

1892  Lord Stanley proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) on this day in history.  

1892  On this day in history lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)  

1892  Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II) on March - 18.  

1893  On this day in history wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth)  

1895  200 blacks leave Savannah GA for Liberia on March - 18.  

1895  200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia on March - 18.  

1897  On March - 18 betty Compson, actress (Big City, Docks Of New York)  

1898  On March - 18 otto Jochum, composer  

1899  On this day in history phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering  

1899  Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin on this day in history.  

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1380  On this day in history birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint  

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 this day in history 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  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  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  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 March - 18.  

1583  On this day in history death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)  

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on March - 18.