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  On March - 18 communards revolt in Paris   

1872  On March - 18 frank Hoyt Losey, composer   

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  On this day in history f Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65   

1877  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1886  On March - 18 edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show)   

1886  On this day in history leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91   

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

1889  F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1889  William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 on March - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education   

1891  On March - 18 britain is linked to the continent by Telephone   

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

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

1895  On March - 18 200 blacks leave Savannah GA for Liberia   

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

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

1898  Otto Jochum, composer on this day in history.   

1899  Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering on March - 18.   

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  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 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 March - 18 birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

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

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

0235  On March - 18 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 March - 18.   

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 March - 18.   

1582  On this day in history 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  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on March - 18.