Events for March 18

March 18, 1800

Harriet Smithson, actress, is born in Ennis, Co. Clare

Harriet Constance Smithson (18 March 1800 – 3 March 1854), who also went by Henrietta Constance Smithson, Harriet Smithson Berlioz, and Miss H.C. Smithson, was an Anglo-Irish Shakespearean actress of the 19th century, best known as the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz.

March 18, 1801

Ambrose OHiggins, Viceroy of Peru, dies in Lima

Ambrosio Bernardo O’Higgins y O’Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno (c. 1720 – 19 March 1801) born Ambrose Bernard O’Higgins (Ambrós Bearnárd Ó hUiginn, in Irish), was an Irish-Spanish colonial administrator and a member of the O’Higgins family.

March 18, 1689

Earl of Leven raises a Border regiment to hold Edinburgh against the Jacobites

The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division.

March 18, 2000

Sheelahs Day

Sheelah’s Day, also known as Sheelagh’s Day, (Ir. Lá ’le Síle) is an Irish cultural holiday celebrated on 18 March which coincides with St. Patrick’s Day. While the holiday is no longer widely celebrated in Ireland, there are still associated festivities celebrated throughout the Irish diaspora in Australia and Canada.