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  Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers on March - 18.   

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

1690  Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies on March - 18.   

1696  Robert Charnock, English conspirator on March - 18.   

1734  On this day in history 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  On this day in history robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29]   

1754  Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier on this day in history.   

1756  Johann Christoph Vogel, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1773  On this day in history oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London   

1781  On March - 18 charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92   

1781  On this day in history gustave Vogt, composer   

1782  John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32) on this day in history.   

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  On March - 18 john Randall, composer, dies at 82   

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 this day in history "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York   

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

1813  On this day in history david Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas   

1813  On this day in history david Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas   

1813  On this day in history friedrich Hebbel, writer   

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

1817  Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1818  Congress approves first pensions for government service on March - 18.   

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

1823  Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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1380  On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

1395  On this day in history 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 March - 18.   

1548  On March - 18 birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  On March - 18 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  On March - 18 birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  On March - 18 birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history john of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82   

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on March - 18.   

1583  On March - 18 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