Page 2: Historical Events In March - 18

1657  On March - 18 giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer   

1662  On March - 18 first public bus service started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city   

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

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

1690  On this day in history christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)   

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

1696  On March - 18 robert Charnock, English conspirator   

1734  On March - 18 joseph Schmitt, composer   

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

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  On March - 18 johann Christoph Vogel, composer   

1765  David H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo) on March - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 18.   

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

1781  Charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92 on March - 18.   

1781  On March - 18 gustave Vogt, composer   

1782  On March - 18 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 March - 18 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France   

1799  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history "Converse", first US opera, premieres in New York   

1810  On this day in history "Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY   

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

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

1813  Friedrich Hebbel, writer on this day in history.   

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  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 March - 18.   

1395  On this day in history birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

1496  On this day in history birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)   

1548  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on this day in history.   

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

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on March - 18.   

0978  On March - 18 death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

1227  On March - 18 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 March - 18 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