Famous Deaths Happened 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  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.   

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

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

1455  On March - 24 nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

1471  On this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

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

1563  On March - 24 death of hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514)   

1575  Death of Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi (b. 1488) on March - 24.   

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  Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42 on March - 24.   

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

1654  Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history 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  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 March - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1877  Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1881  Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69 on March - 24.   

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

1887  On March - 24 death of ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837)   

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

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  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on March - 24.   

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on March - 24.   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on March - 24.   

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)