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03/18/0235
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Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered
Type: Death
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03/18/0417
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St Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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03/18/0731
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St Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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03/18/0978
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Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15
Type: Death
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03/18/1123
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1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
Type: Event
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03/18/1167
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Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians
Type: Event
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03/18/1190
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Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England
Type: Event
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03/18/1227
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Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies
Type: Death
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03/18/1229
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German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem
Type: Event
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03/18/1314
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Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies
Type: Death
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03/18/1380
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Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint
Type: Birth
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03/18/1438
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Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany
Type: Event
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03/18/1493
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John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82
Type: Death
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03/18/1509
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Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands
Type: Event
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03/18/1532
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English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome
Type: Event
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03/18/1541
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Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R)
Type: Event
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03/18/1548
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Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet
Type: Birth
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03/18/1556
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Fran‡ois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant
Type: Birth
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03/18/1578
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Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized
Type: Birth
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03/18/1582
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Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched
Type: Death
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03/18/1582
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Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp
Type: Event
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03/18/1583
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Dutch States General and Anjou sign treaty
Type: Event
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03/18/1584
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Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53
Type: Death
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03/18/1609
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Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway (1648-70); absolutist
Type: Birth
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03/18/1644
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Gottfried Wegner, composer
Type: Birth
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03/18/1657
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Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer
Type: Birth
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03/18/1673
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Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers
Type: Event
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03/18/1690
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Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies
Type: Death
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03/18/1690
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Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1734
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Joseph Schmitt, composer
Type: Birth
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03/18/1745
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Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29]
Type: Death
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03/18/1754
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Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier
Type: Event
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03/18/1756
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Johann Christoph Vogel, composer
Type: Birth
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03/18/1765
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David H Chass‚, Dutch baron/general (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1766
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Britain repeals the Stamp Act
Type: Event
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03/18/1768
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Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies
Type: Death
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03/18/1773
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Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London
Type: Event
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03/18/1781
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Gustave Vogt, composer
Type: Birth
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03/18/1782
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John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1793
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2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France
Type: Event
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03/18/1799
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John Randall, composer, dies at 82
Type: Death
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03/18/1809
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Gabriel de la Concepci˘n Vald‚s, [Placido], Cuban poet
Type: Birth
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03/18/1810
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"Converse," 1st US opera, premieres in NY
Type: Event
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03/18/1813
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Friedrich Hebbel, writer
Type: Birth
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03/18/1813
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David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas
Type: Event
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03/18/1816
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Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67
Type: Death
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03/18/1817
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Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67
Type: Death
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03/18/1818
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Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
Type: Event
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03/18/1823
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Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69
Type: Death
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03/18/1829
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William Robertson Boggs, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
Type: Birth
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