Famous Deaths In March - 24

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on March - 24.   

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on March - 24.   

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on March - 24.   

1400  On March - 24 florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies   

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on March - 24.   

1563  On this day in history death of hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514)   

1575  On this day in history death of yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488)   

1603  Elizabeth I Tudor, [Maiden Queen], Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603), dies at 69 on March - 24.   

1631  Philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42   

1644  On March - 24 cecilia Renata, arch duchess of Austria, dies   

1654  On this day in history samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66   

1661  Death of William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston on March - 24.   

1755  On this day in history theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72   

1773  Death of Philip Dormer Stanhope, English statesman (b. 1694) on March - 24.   

1776  Death of John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693) on this day in history.   

1823  On March - 24 cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66   

1825  On March - 24 giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64   

1838  Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72 on March - 24.   

1866  On March - 24 maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies   

1867  On March - 24 mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85   

1869  Death of Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779) on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51   

1878  On this day in history albin Masek, composer, dies at 73   

1881  Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1882  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1887  Death of Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837) on this day in history.   

1888  Death of Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855) on this day in history.   

1894  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68 on March - 24.   

1899  On March - 24 billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies   

1905  Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77 on March - 24.   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.   

1441  On March - 24 birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

1494  On March - 24 birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on March - 24.   

1630  On March - 24 birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.