Historical Events In March - 24

1863  Bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. ( on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer   

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

1867  On this day in history mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85   

1868  Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms on March - 24.   

1874  Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist on March - 24.   

1877  University boat race between Oxford &Cambridge ends in a dead heat on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history university boat race between Oxford & Cambridge ends in a dead heat   

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

1878  On this day in history british frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost   

1878  On this day in history hMS Eurydice, a training ship, sank in a freak squall off Ventnor, Isle of Wight with the loss of 330 lives. Only 2 were saved.   

1878  On March - 24 top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer   

1878  Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73 on March - 24.   

1880  Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in Connecticut on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in CT   

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

1882  On this day in history german scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB   

1882  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet died on March - 24.   

1882  On March - 24 henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75   

1883  On March - 24 the first telephone call between New York &Chicago   

1883  On this day in history 1st telephone call between NY & Chicago   

1883  James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/old-catholic bishop on March - 24.   

1884  Gino Marinuzzi, composer on March - 24.   

1885  On March - 24 charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08)   

1887  Oscar Straus appointed first Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history the birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor   

1887  On this day in history oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)   

1887  Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies) on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history jameson Thomas, London England, actor (Farmer's Wife)   

1890  On March - 24 start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG)   

1891  On this day in history annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations)   

1894  On March - 24 37 miners killed at Franklin WA   

1894  37 miners killed at Franklin, WA on this day in history.   

1894  On March - 24 robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68   

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1188  On March - 24 birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I   

1441  On this day in history 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 March - 24.   

1628  On March - 24 birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.   

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on March - 24.   

1693  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

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

1284  On this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

1381  On March - 24 death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

1396  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on March - 24.   

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

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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