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

1396  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic  

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

1455  On March - 24 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  Death of Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (b. 1514) on March - 24.  

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

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1603  Elizabeth I Tudor, [Maiden Queen], Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1631  On March - 24 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  On this day in history samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66  

1661  Death of William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston on this day in history.  

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  Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1825  On March - 24 giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64  

1838  On March - 24 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 this day in history.  

1869  Death of Antoine-Henri Jomini, French general (b. 1779) on March - 24.  

1877  Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 on March - 24.  

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

1881  On March - 24 friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69  

1882  On March - 24 henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75  

1887  On this day in history death of ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837)  

1888  On this day in history death of vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)  

1894  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68 on March - 24.  

1899  On March - 24 billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies  

1905  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)  

1494  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)  

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on March - 24.  

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)