Famous Deaths In March - 24

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

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on this day in history.  

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

1455  On this day in history nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57  

1471  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on March - 24.  

1558  On March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies  

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  Philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68 on March - 24.  

1635  On March - 24 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 this day in history.  

1661  Death of William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston on March - 24.  

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

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

1776  On March - 24 death of john Harrison, English clockmaker (b. 1693)  

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  On this day in history thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72  

1866  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 March - 24.  

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

1882  On this day in history henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75  

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

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 this day in history.  

1494  On March - 24 birth of georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)  

1607  On March - 24 birth of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)  

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  On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)