Page 4: 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  On this day in history communards revolt in Paris   

1872  Frank Hoyt Losey, composer on this day in history.   

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

1875  Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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

1877  President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington DC on March - 18.   

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

1877  On this day in history clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman)   

1881  On March - 18 barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)   

1881  Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963) on this day in history.   

1882  Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer on this day in history.   

1886  Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show) on March - 18.   

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

1888  On March - 18 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  First US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) on March - 18.   

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

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

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

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  Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II) on this day in history.   

1893  Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1898  On this day in history otto Jochum, composer   

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

1899  On March - 18 lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin   

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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 this day in history.   

1496  On March - 18 birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)   

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 March - 18.   

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on March - 18.   

1590  On this day in history birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  On March - 18 birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

0235  On this day in history death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered   

0978  On March - 18 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 this day in history jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  On this day in history john of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82   

1582  On March - 18 death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched   

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

1584  On this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53