Historical Events In March - 24

1732  Gian Francesco de Majo, composer on March - 24.   

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

1734  On March - 24 neth's William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover   

1740  On this day in history john Antes, composer   

1749  On this day in history bernard Jumentier, composer   

1755  On this day in history rufus King, framer of US constitution   

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

1762  On this day in history marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo)   

1765  Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London   

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

1801  Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia on this day in history.   

1802  On March - 24 jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP   

1809  On March - 24 joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers   

1814  On this day in history galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove   

1817  Aime Maillart, composer on this day in history.   

1821  Elisa Felix, [Rachel], tragedienne on this day in history.   

1823  Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1825  Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1828  Philadelphia &Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized on March - 24.   

1828  Philadelphia & Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized on March - 24.   

1832  On March - 24 mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred &feathered in Ohio   

1832  On March - 24 mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio   

1834  John Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist on March - 24.   

1835  Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist (Stefan-Boltzmann law) on March - 24.   

1837  Canada gives blacks the right to vote on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history philips, Count of Flanders Belgium   

1838  Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1855  Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston KS on March - 24.   

1855  Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas on March - 24.   

1855  On this day in history andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury   

1860  Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in San Francisco, 89 days out of New York on this day in history.   

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  On March - 24 birth of ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)   

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

1657  On March - 24 birth of arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725)   

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

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 March - 24.   

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

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

1400  On March - 24 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 this day in history thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55   

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on this day in history.