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 March - 24.   

1866  Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer on this day in history.   

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.   

1868  Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms on this day in history.   

1874  On March - 24 harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist   

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

1877  University boat race between Oxford & Cambridge ends in a dead heat on this day in history.   

1877  Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1878  On March - 24 british frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost   

1878  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 on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer   

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

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 this day in history friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69   

1882  German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB on March - 24.   

1882  On this day in history henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet died   

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

1883  On this day in history the first telephone call between New York &Chicago   

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  Gino Marinuzzi, composer on March - 24.   

1885  Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08) on March - 24.   

1887  Oscar Straus appointed first Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) on this day in history.   

1887  The birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor on this day in history.   

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 this day in history jameson Thomas, London England, actor (Farmer's Wife)   

1890  Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG) on this day in history.   

1891  On March - 24 annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations)   

1894  On March - 24 37 miners killed at Franklin WA   

1894  On March - 24 37 miners killed at Franklin, WA   

1894  On this day in history robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68   

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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 March - 24.   

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

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  On March - 24 birth of jose Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal   

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

1693  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)   

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  On March - 24 death of walter Hilton, English mystic   

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on March - 24.   

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