Page 2: Historical Events In March - 22
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
1752 Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later. 

1752 Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer 

1758 Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54 

1765 Stamp Act passed inaugural direct British tax on colonists 

1765 Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists. 

1765 Stamp Act passed: inaugural direct British tax on colonists. 

1767 Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance. 

1771 Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf). 

1774 A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 

1775 Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament 

1777 John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77. 

1778 Captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state we really should have claimed it!. 

1778 Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state. 

1784 The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. 

1790 Thomas Jefferson is recorded as becoming the inaugural US Secretary of State. 

1790 Thomas Jefferson is recorded as becoming the 1st US Secretary of State. 

1794 Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries 

1796 Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68. 

1797 Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88). 

1798 Justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51. 

1799 F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324188 stars 

1803 Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer. 

1809 Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne. 

1813 Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 

1814 Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood). 

1817 Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876 

1819 William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888. 

1820 Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41 

1822 Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna. 

1822 New York Horticultural Society founded. 

1822 Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice 

1824 William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army). 

1824 Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76. 

1829 The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece 

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