Page 3: 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  On this day in history jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer   

1866  On this day in history maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies   

1867  On this day in history mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85   

1868  On this day in history metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms   

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

1877  Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51 on March - 24.   

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

1878  On March - 24 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 this day in history.   

1881  On March - 24 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  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75 on March - 24.   

1883  On March - 24 the first telephone call between New York &Chicago   

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

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

1884  Gino Marinuzzi, composer on March - 24.   

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

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

1887  On March - 24 the birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor   

1887  On March - 24 oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)   

1887  On this day in history roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies)   

1888  On March - 24 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  Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations) on March - 24.   

1894  On March - 24 37 miners killed at Franklin WA   

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

1894  On March - 24 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 this day in history.   

1441  Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1685)   

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 this day in history.   

0809  On this day in history 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  Death of Saint Catharine of Sweden, Swedish saint on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies