Historical Events In March - 24

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

1866  Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms   

1874  On this day in history harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist   

1877  University boat race between Oxford &Cambridge ends in a dead heat on March - 24.   

1877  University boat race between Oxford & Cambridge ends in a dead heat on March - 24.   

1877  Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 on March - 24.   

1878  On March - 24 british frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost   

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

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

1880  Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in Connecticut on March - 24.   

1880  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet died   

1882  On this day in history henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75   

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

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

1883  On March - 24 james I Wedgwood, British theosophist/old-catholic bishop   

1884  On this day in history gino Marinuzzi, composer   

1885  On this day in history 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  Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) on this day in history.   

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

1888  Jameson Thomas, London England, actor (Farmer's Wife) on this day in history.   

1890  Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG) on March - 24.   

1891  Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations) on March - 24.   

1894  On March - 24 37 miners killed at Franklin WA   

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

1894  On this day in history robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68   

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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  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 this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

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

1693  On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

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

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

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

1396  On this day in history death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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

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

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

1558  On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies