Historical Events In March - 09
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
0590 Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. 

1202 King Sverre of Norway 

1230 Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa. 

1276 Augsburg is recorded as becoming an Imperial Free City 

1452 Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor 

1454 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America) 

1496 Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria 

1497 Nicolaus Copernicus inaugural recorded astronomical observation,. 

1497 Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation 

1500 Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India. 

1522 Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit 

1522 -16] Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit. 

1551 Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne. 

1562 Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death). 

1564 David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star). 

1566 David Rizzio, the private secretary to Mary I of Scotland, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland 

1566 David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered 

1568 Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint 

1617 Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa. 

1620 Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59. 

1640 Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris 

1642 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Netherlands 

1642 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Neth 

1661 Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 

1688 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89. 

1697 Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe 

1697 Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) 

1701 France, Cologne and Bavaria sign alliance 

1706 Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52. 

1709 Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat 

1721 English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower 

1735 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer. 

1737 Josef Myslivecek, composer 

1741 English fleet under Admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena. 

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