Famous Deaths Happened In March - 24

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 March - 24.   

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

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on this day in history.   

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  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.   

1563  On March - 24 death of hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514)   

1575  Death of Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488) on March - 24.   

1603  Elizabeth I Tudor, [Maiden Queen], Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68   

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  On March - 24 death of william Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston   

1755  On March - 24 theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72   

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

1776  On this day in history death of john Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)   

1823  Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66 on March - 24.   

1825  On this day in history giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64   

1838  On this day in history thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72   

1866  Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies on March - 24.   

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

1869  On this day in history death of antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779)   

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

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

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  On March - 24 death of ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837)   

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

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

1899  Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies on March - 24.   

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

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.   

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

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

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  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.