March 24 in History

Historical Events on March 24

1401

Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
1603

James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
1603

Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.
1663

The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
1720

Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
1721

Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
1731

Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
1765

Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
1794

In Kraków, Tadeusz Kościuszko announces a general uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia, and assumes the powers of the Commander in Chief of all of the Polish forces.
1829

The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
1832

In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
1837

Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.
1854

Slavery is abolished in Venezuela.
1860

Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
1869

The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
1878

The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
1882

Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
1885

Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
1896

A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
1900

Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
1907

The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
1921

The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event
1927

Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
1934

United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
1944

Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
1944

World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
1946

A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
1958

Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
1961

Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
1965

Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
1973

Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles.
1976

In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.
1980

El Salvadorian Archbishop Óscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
1986

The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
1989

In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.
1993

Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
1998

Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
1998

A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.
1998

First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
1999

Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
1999

A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
2003

The Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
2008

Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
2015

Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.

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