Famous Birthdays In March - 24

1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.  

1441  On this day in history 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 March - 24.  

1628  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.  

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.  

1657  On this day in history birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)  

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

1703  On March - 24 birth of jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer  

1714  On this day in history birth of carlo Giovanni Testori, composer  

1725  Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813) was born on March - 24.  

1725  Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788) was born on March - 24.  

1732  On March - 24 birth of gian Francesco de Majo, composer  

1740  On March - 24 birth of john Antes, composer  

1749  Bernard Jumentier, composer was born on this day in history.  

1755  On this day in history birth of rufus King, framer of US constitution  

1762  On this day in history birth of marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo)  

1782  On this day in history birth of orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (d. 1836)  

1796  On March - 24 birth of john Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (d. 1878)  

1797  Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity) was born on March - 24.  

1802  On March - 24 birth of jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP  

1808  Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836) was born on March - 24.  

1809  Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers was born on March - 24.  

1814  On this day in history birth of galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove  

1817  On this day in history birth of aime Maillart, composer  

1820  On March - 24 birth of a. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891)  

1820  On this day in history birth of fanny Crosby, American hymnist (d. 1915)  

1821  Elisa Felix, [Rachel], tragedienne was born on March - 24.  

1821  On this day in history birth of [George] Hector Tyndale, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1829  George Francis Train, American businessman (d. 1904) was born on March - 24.  

1829  On this day in history birth of ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (d. 1862)  

1830  Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.  

1834  John Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist was born on this day in history.  

1834  William Morris, England, designer/craftsman/poet/socialist was born on this day in history.  

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0809  On this day in history harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44  

1284  On March - 24 death of king Hugh III of Cyprus  

1381  On March - 24 death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint  

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  On March - 24 nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57  

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.