Famous Deaths In March - 24

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

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

1381  On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint  

1396  On this day in history death of walter Hilton, English mystic  

1400  On March - 24 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 March - 24.  

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

1575  Death of Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488) on this day in history.  

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1603  Elizabeth I Tudor, [Maiden Queen], Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603), dies at 69 on March - 24.  

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

1635  On this day in history jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42  

1644  On this day in history cecilia Renata, arch duchess of Austria, dies  

1654  Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66 on March - 24.  

1661  On this day in history death of william Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston  

1755  Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72 on March - 24.  

1773  Death of Philip Dormer Stanhope, English statesman (b. 1694) on March - 24.  

1776  On this day in history death of john Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)  

1823  On March - 24 cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66  

1825  On this day in history giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64  

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

1866  Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies on March - 24.  

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

1869  On this day in history death of antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779)  

1877  On this day in history walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51  

1878  On this day in history albin Masek, composer, dies at 73  

1881  On March - 24 friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69  

1882  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75 on March - 24.  

1887  Death of Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837) on this day in history.  

1888  On March - 24 death of vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)  

1894  On March - 24 robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68  

1899  Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies on March - 24.  

1905  Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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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  On March - 24 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  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 March - 24.  

1657  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)  

1693  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)