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

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   

1868  Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1877  On March - 24 walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51   

1878  British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

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

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

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

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

1881  Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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 March - 24.   

1883  The first telephone call between New York &Chicago on this day in history.   

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

1883  On this day in history james I Wedgwood, British theosophist/old-catholic bishop   

1884  Gino Marinuzzi, composer on this day in history.   

1885  Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08) on March - 24.   

1887  On March - 24 oscar Straus appointed first Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)   

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

1887  On March - 24 oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)   

1887  On March - 24 roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies)   

1888  Jameson Thomas, London England, actor (Farmer's Wife) on March - 24.   

1890  On March - 24 start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG)   

1891  On March - 24 annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations)   

1894  37 miners killed at Franklin WA on March - 24.   

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

1894  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68 on March - 24.   

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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 this day in history birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)   

1607  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune) was born on March - 24.   

1628  On March - 24 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1396  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

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  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.