Page 3: 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  Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies on March - 24.   

1867  On March - 24 mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85   

1868  On March - 24 metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms   

1874  Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist on this day in history.   

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

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

1877  Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1878  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 on this day in history.   

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

1878  Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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

1881  Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69 on March - 24.   

1882  German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB on this day in history.   

1882  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet died on this day in history.   

1882  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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  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 March - 24.   

1887  The birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor on March - 24.   

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

1887  On this day in history roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies)   

1888  On March - 24 jameson Thomas, London England, actor (Farmer's Wife)   

1890  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG)   

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

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

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

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 March - 24.   

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

1494  On this day in history 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 March - 24.   

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on this day in history.   

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

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