Historical Events In March - 24

1732  Gian Francesco de Majo, composer on this day in history.   

1734  On March - 24 netherlands' William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover   

1734  On March - 24 neth's William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover   

1740  John Antes, composer on March - 24.   

1749  Bernard Jumentier, composer on March - 24.   

1755  Rufus King, framer of US constitution on this day in history.   

1755  Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1762  On March - 24 marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo)   

1765  Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers on this day in history.   

1792  Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London on March - 24.   

1797  Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) on this day in history.   

1801  On this day in history aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia   

1802  Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP on March - 24.   

1809  On this day in history joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers   

1814  On March - 24 galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove   

1817  Aime Maillart, composer on this day in history.   

1821  Elisa Felix, [Rachel], tragedienne on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66   

1825  Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64 on March - 24.   

1828  Philadelphia &Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized on March - 24.   

1828  Philadelphia & Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized on March - 24.   

1832  On this day in history mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred &feathered in Ohio   

1832  On March - 24 mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio   

1834  John Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history josef Stefan, Austria, physicist (Stefan-Boltzmann law)   

1837  Canada gives blacks the right to vote on March - 24.   

1837  Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium on this day in history.   

1838  On March - 24 thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72   

1848  State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam on March - 24.   

1855  Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston KS on March - 24.   

1855  On March - 24 manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas   

1855  Andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury on March - 24.   

1860  On this day in history clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in San Francisco, 89 days out of New York   

1860  On this day in history clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY   

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

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)   

1628  On this day in history 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  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on March - 24.   

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

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 this day in history.