Famous Birthdays In March - 24

1188  On this day in history birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I  

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  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  On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal  

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  Jose F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer was born on March - 24.  

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  On March - 24 birth of thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1788)  

1732  Gian Francesco de Majo, composer was born on this day in history.  

1740  On this day in history birth of john Antes, composer  

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

1755  On March - 24 birth of rufus King, framer of US constitution  

1762  Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo) was born on March - 24.  

1782  On March - 24 birth of orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (d. 1836)  

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

1797  On March - 24 birth of antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)  

1802  Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP was born on March - 24.  

1808  Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.  

1809  Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers was born on this day in history.  

1814  On March - 24 birth of galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove  

1817  Aime Maillart, composer was born on this day in history.  

1820  A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (d. 1891) was born on March - 24.  

1820  Fanny Crosby, American hymnist (d. 1915) was born on March - 24.  

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 March - 24.  

1834  On this day in history birth of john Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist  

1834  William Morris, England, designer/craftsman/poet/socialist was born on March - 24.  

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

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

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.  

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 March - 24.  

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on March - 24.