Famous Deaths In March - 24

0809  On March - 24 harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44  

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

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.  

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

1400  On this day in history florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies  

1455  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57 on March - 24.  

1471  On March - 24 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 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 March - 24 philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68  

1635  On March - 24 jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42  

1644  On March - 24 cecilia Renata, arch duchess of Austria, dies  

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

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

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

1773  On this day in history death of philip Dormer Stanhope, English statesman (b. 1694)  

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

1823  On this day in history 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 this day in history maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies  

1867  On March - 24 mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85  

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

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

1878  Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

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  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  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 March - 24.  

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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  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 March - 24.  

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)