Page 4: Historical Events In March - 18

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

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

1876  F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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

1877  Clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman) on March - 18.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1889  On March - 18 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 March - 18.   

1890  Kaiser Wilhelm forces Bismarck to resign as prime minister on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history britain is linked to the continent by Telephone   

1892  On March - 18 lord Stanley proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)   

1892  Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) on March - 18.   

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  On this day in history 200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia   

1897  On this day in history betty Compson, actress (Big City, Docks Of New York)   

1898  On March - 18 otto Jochum, composer   

1899  Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering on this day in history.   

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  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 March - 18 birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  On this day in history 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  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.   

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on March - 18.   

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

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  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on March - 18.   

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