Page 2: Historical Events In March - 24

1732  Gian Francesco de Majo, composer on this day in history.   

1734  Netherlands' William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover on March - 24.   

1734  Neth's William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover on March - 24.   

1740  John Antes, composer on this day in history.   

1749  On this day in history bernard Jumentier, composer   

1755  Rufus King, framer of US constitution on March - 24.   

1755  On this day in history theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72   

1762  Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo) on this day in history.   

1765  On this day in history britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers   

1792  Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London on this day in history.   

1797  On March - 24 antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)   

1801  Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia on March - 24.   

1802  Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP on this day in history.   

1809  Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers on March - 24.   

1814  On March - 24 galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove   

1817  Aime Maillart, composer on this day in history.   

1821  On March - 24 elisa Felix, [Rachel], tragedienne   

1823  On this day in history cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66   

1825  Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64 on March - 24.   

1828  On March - 24 philadelphia &Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized   

1828  Philadelphia & Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred &feathered in Ohio   

1832  Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio on this day in history.   

1834  John Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist on this day in history.   

1835  Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist (Stefan-Boltzmann law) on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history canada gives blacks the right to vote   

1837  On March - 24 philips, Count of Flanders Belgium   

1838  Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72 on March - 24.   

1848  State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1855  Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston KS on this day in history.   

1855  On March - 24 manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas   

1855  On March - 24 andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury   

1860  On this day in history clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in San Francisco, 89 days out of New York   

1860  On this day in history clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY   

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1188  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I was born on this day in history.   

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on this day in history.   

1693  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.   

0809  Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 on March - 24.   

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on March - 24.   

1381  On this day in history death of saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint   

1396  Death of Walter Hilton, English mystic on March - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1471  On March - 24 thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies