Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1381  On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

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

1400  On this day in history 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  On March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies   

1563  Death of Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514) on March - 24.   

1575  On March - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1635  Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42 on March - 24.   

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 this day in history death of william Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston   

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

1773  On March - 24 death of philip Dormer Stanhope, English statesman (b. 1694)   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 24 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  On this day in history albin Masek, composer, dies at 73   

1881  On March - 24 friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69   

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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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 March - 24.   

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

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

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

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)