Historical Events In March - 18

1870  1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland Calif) on March - 18.  

1870  On this day in history joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48  

1871  On March - 18 communards revolt in Paris France  

1871  Communards revolt in Paris on this day in history.  

1872  Frank Hoyt Losey, composer on March - 18.  

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

1875  On March - 18 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 March - 18.  

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

1881  On this day in history oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)  

1882  On March - 18 gian Francesco Malipiero, composer  

1886  Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show) on this day in history.  

1886  Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91 on March - 18.  

1888  On this day in history joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor  

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

1889  On this day in history william Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66  

1890  On March - 18 first US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)  

1890  On March - 18 kaiser Wilhelm forces Bismarck to resign as prime minister  

1890  On March - 18 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)  

1890  Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education on this day in history.  

1891  Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone on this day in history.  

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

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

1892  On March - 18 robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II)  

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

1895  On this day in history 200 blacks leave Savannah GA for Liberia  

1895  200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia on this day in history.  

1897  Betty Compson, actress (Big City, Docks Of New York) on this day in history.  

1898  Otto Jochum, composer on March - 18.  

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  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on this day in history.  

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 March - 18.  

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  On March - 18 birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)  

1602  On this day in history birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)  

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on this day in history.  

0978  On this day in history death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15  

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on March - 18.  

1314  On March - 18 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 March - 18.  

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on this day in history.