Famous Deaths In March - 24

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

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on March - 24.  

1381  On this day in history 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  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.  

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

1575  On March - 24 death of yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488)  

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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  On March - 24 jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42  

1644  Cecilia Renata, arch duchess of Austria, dies on this day in history.  

1654  On March - 24 samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66  

1661  On March - 24 death of william Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston  

1755  Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1776  Death of John Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693) on March - 24.  

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

1825  Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

1866  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 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 March - 24 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 March - 24.  

1888  Death of Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855) on March - 24.  

1894  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies  

1905  Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77 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  On this day in history 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  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  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.