Page 2: Historical Events In March - 18

1657  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer on this day in history.   

1662  On this day in history 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 March - 18.   

1673  On this day in history lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers   

1690  Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) on this day in history.   

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

1696  Robert Charnock, English conspirator on this day in history.   

1734  Joseph Schmitt, composer on March - 18.   

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

1745  Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29] on this day in history.   

1754  Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier on March - 18.   

1756  On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer   

1765  On March - 18 david H Chasse, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)   

1766  On March - 18 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   

1768  Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies on March - 18.   

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

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

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

1781  Gustave Vogt, composer on March - 18.   

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 March - 18.   

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

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

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

1813  On March - 18 david Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas   

1813  On this day in history friedrich Hebbel, writer   

1816  On this day in history johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67   

1817  On this day in history johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67   

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

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

1823  On March - 18 jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69   

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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 March - 18.   

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  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 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  On this day in history death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

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  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  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on March - 18.   

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on March - 18.