Historical Events In March - 18

1657  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer on March - 18.   

1662  On this day in history first public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city   

1662  On this day in history the first buses, eight-seater vehicles known as "carrosses a cinq solz", run in Paris.   

1673  Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers on this day in history.   

1690  On March - 18 christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)   

1690  On March - 18 charles, duke of Lutherans, dies   

1696  Robert Charnock, English conspirator on this day in history.   

1734  On March - 18 joseph Schmitt, composer   

1745  Death of Sir Robert Walpole, British Whig statesman and prime minister for a record 21 years on this day in history.   

1745  Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29] on this day in history.   

1754  Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier on March - 18.   

1756  On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer   

1765  David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo) on this day in history.   

1766  After four months of organized American protests, the British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, a taxation measure enacted to raise revenues for a standing British army in America on March - 18.   

1768  Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies on this day in history.   

1773  Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer", premieres in London on this day in history.   

1773  Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London on March - 18.   

1781  Charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92 on this day in history.   

1781  Gustave Vogt, composer on March - 18.   

1782  John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32) on March - 18.   

1793  On this day in history 2nd Battle at Neerwinden Austria army beats France   

1793  On this day in history 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France   

1799  John Randall, composer, dies at 82 on March - 18.   

1807  British forces occupy Alexandria but are able to hold it for only 6 months before the Turks force their evacuation on March - 18.   

1810  On March - 18 "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York   

1810  "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY on March - 18.   

1813  David Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas on March - 18.   

1813  On March - 18 david Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas   

1813  On March - 18 friedrich Hebbel, writer   

1816  Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67   

1818  Congress approves first pensions for government service on this day in history.   

1818  Congress approves 1st pensions for government service on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69   

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1590  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1602  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.   

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

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.   

1227  On this day in history 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  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on this day in history.   

1583  On March - 18 death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)   

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