Page 2: Historical Events In March - 18

1657  On March - 18 giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer   

1662  First public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city on March - 18.   

1662  The first buses, eight-seater vehicles known as "carrosses a cinq solz", run in Paris on March - 18.   

1673  On March - 18 lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers   

1690  Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) on March - 18.   

1690  Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies on this day in history.   

1696  Robert Charnock, English conspirator on March - 18.   

1734  Joseph Schmitt, composer on this day in history.   

1745  On March - 18 death of Sir Robert Walpole, British Whig statesman and prime minister for a record 21 years   

1745  On March - 18 robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29]   

1754  On March - 18 duke of Newcastle becomes English premier   

1756  On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer   

1765  On this day in history david H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)   

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  On this day in history lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies   

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  On March - 18 gustave Vogt, composer   

1782  On this day in history john Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)   

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

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

1799  John Randall, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history british forces occupy Alexandria but are able to hold it for only 6 months before the Turks force their evacuation   

1810  On this day in history "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  David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas on this day in history.   

1813  Friedrich Hebbel, writer on this day in history.   

1816  Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 on March - 18.   

1817  On March - 18 johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67   

1818  On this day in history congress approves first pensions for government service   

1818  On this day in history congress approves 1st pensions for government service   

1823  Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 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  On March - 18 birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

1496  Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) was born on this day in history.   

1548  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on March - 18.   

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 March - 18.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1227  On this day in history honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

1314  On March - 18 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 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  On this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53