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  On March - 24 death of king Hugh III of Cyprus  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1838  On March - 24 thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72  

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

1867  On this day in history mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85  

1869  On March - 24 death of antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779)  

1877  On March - 24 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 this day in history.  

1882  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 March - 24 birth of ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I  

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

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 March - 24.  

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  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.