Historical Events In March - 24

1863  On March - 24 bushrangers Charles Robardi and Auguste Rivet stand trial at Goulburn, NSW, for murdering mail carrier Daniel Crotty. (  

1866  Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer on March - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1874  Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist on March - 24.  

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

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

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

1881  Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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  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 March - 24.  

1884  On this day in history gino Marinuzzi, composer  

1885  On this day in history charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08)  

1887  On March - 24 oscar Straus appointed first Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)  

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

1887  Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey) on March - 24.  

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  Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG) on March - 24.  

1891  On this day in history annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations)  

1894  On March - 24 37 miners killed at Franklin WA  

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

1894  Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68 on March - 24.  

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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 March - 24.  

1494  Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica) was born on March - 24.  

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 March - 24.  

1630  On March - 24 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  On March - 24 birth of john Harrison, British clockmaker (d. 1776)  

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  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.  

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  Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1558  On March - 24 anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies