Page 4: Historical Events In March - 18

1870  On this day in history 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland Calif)   

1870  On this day in history joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48   

1871  On March - 18 communards revolt in Paris France   

1871  On March - 18 communards revolt in Paris   

1872  Frank Hoyt Losey, composer on March - 18.   

1874  On March - 18 hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.   

1875  Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1876  F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65 on March - 18.   

1877  President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington DC on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history president Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC   

1877  Clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman) on March - 18.   

1881  Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG) on this day in history.   

1881  On March - 18 oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)   

1882  On this day in history gian Francesco Malipiero, composer   

1886  Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show) on this day in history.   

1886  On March - 18 leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91   

1888  Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor on March - 18.   

1889  F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands on March - 18.   

1889  William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history first US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)   

1890  Kaiser Wilhelm forces Bismarck to resign as prime minister on March - 18.   

1890  1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) on March - 18.   

1890  Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education on March - 18.   

1891  On this day in history britain is linked to the continent by Telephone   

1892  Lord Stanley proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) on this day in history.   

1892  Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 18 robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II)   

1893  Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth) on this day in history.   

1895  On March - 18 200 blacks leave Savannah GA for Liberia   

1895  200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia on this day in history.   

1897  Betty Compson, actress (Big City, Docks Of New York) on this day in history.   

1898  On March - 18 otto Jochum, composer   

1899  Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin   

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on this day in history.   

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  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on this day in history.   

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on March - 18.   

1590  On this day in history 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 March - 18.   

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.   

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on this day in history.   

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on March - 18.   

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1582  On March - 18 death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched   

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on this day in history.   

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