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  Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer on March - 24.   

1866  On March - 24 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.   

1868  On this day in history metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms   

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

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

1877  On this day in history university boat race between Oxford & Cambridge ends in a dead heat   

1877  On March - 24 walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51   

1878  British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost on March - 24.   

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 March - 24.   

1878  On March - 24 top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer   

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

1880  Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in Connecticut on this day in history.   

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

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

1882  On March - 24 german scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB   

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 this day in history.   

1883  James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/old-catholic bishop on March - 24.   

1884  On this day in history gino Marinuzzi, composer   

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 March - 24.   

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

1887  Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) on this day in history.   

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

1888  Jameson Thomas, London England, actor (Farmer's Wife) on this day in history.   

1890  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 37 miners killed at Franklin, WA   

1894  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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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  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 this day in history.   

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  John Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776) was born on March - 24.   

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

1284  Death of King Hugh III of Cyprus on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on March - 24.   

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

1400  Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies on this day in history.   

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