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 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 March - 24.   

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  On March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies   

1563  Death of Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514) on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history death of yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488)   

1603  On this day in history elizabeth I Tudor, [Maiden Queen], Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603), dies at 69   

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

1635  Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42 on this day in history.   

1644  Cecilia Renata, arch duchess of Austria, dies on March - 24.   

1654  On this day in history samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66   

1661  Death of William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston on March - 24.   

1755  On March - 24 theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72   

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

1776  On March - 24 death of john Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)   

1823  Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66 on March - 24.   

1825  Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64 on March - 24.   

1838  Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies   

1867  Mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85 on March - 24.   

1869  Death of Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1882  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 death of vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)   

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  On March - 24 jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77   

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

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