Page 3: Historical Events In March - 24

1863  Bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. ( on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer   

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

1867  On March - 24 mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85   

1868  Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms on March - 24.   

1874  On this day in history harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist   

1877  University boat race between Oxford &Cambridge ends in a dead heat on March - 24.   

1877  On March - 24 university boat race between Oxford & Cambridge ends in a dead heat   

1877  On this day in history walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51   

1878  British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost on this day in history.   

1878  On March - 24 hMS Eurydice, a training ship, sank in a freak squall off Ventnor, Isle of Wight with the loss of 330 lives. Only 2 were saved.   

1878  Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer on March - 24.   

1878  On this day in history albin Masek, composer, dies at 73   

1880  On March - 24 tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in Connecticut   

1880  Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in CT on March - 24.   

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

1882  German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet died   

1882  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75 on March - 24.   

1883  The first telephone call between New York &Chicago on March - 24.   

1883  1st telephone call between NY & Chicago on March - 24.   

1883  James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/old-catholic bishop on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history gino Marinuzzi, composer   

1885  Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08) on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history oscar Straus appointed first Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)   

1887  The birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor on March - 24.   

1887  On this day in history oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)   

1887  Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies) on this day in history.   

1888  On March - 24 jameson Thomas, London England, actor (Farmer's Wife)   

1890  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG)   

1891  Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations) on March - 24.   

1894  On this day in history 37 miners killed at Franklin WA   

1894  37 miners killed at Franklin, WA on this day in history.   

1894  On March - 24 robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68   

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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  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  Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1630  Jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal was born on this day in history.   

1657  Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on March - 24.   

1693  On this day in history birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

0809  On this day in history harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44   

1284  On this day in history death of king Hugh III of Cyprus   

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 March - 24 nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57   

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

1558  Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies on March - 24.