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March 24

March 24 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1603 and 2018. James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.

♈ZodiacAries ◈BirthstoneAquamarine ❀Birth flowerDaffodil

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on March 24?

March 24 is the 83rd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1603 and 2018. Famous people born on March 24 include Dario Fo, Luigi Einaudi and Adolf Butenandt.

The shape of the day

50 years on from Argentina, March 24 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Aries is the sign for March 24 — read more on the Aries page, or see March's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on March 24

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Schedule I
  • Game Drive Beyond Horizons

2023

  • Game Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
  • Game Ancient Cities

2022

  • Game Norco
  • Game Ghostwire: Tokyo
  • TV Halo
  • Movie Everything Everywhere All at Once

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1603

    James VI and I

    James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.

  2. 1882

    Robert Koch

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

  3. 1921

    1921 Women's Olympiad

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

  4. 1934

    Tydings–McDuffie Act

    The Tydings–McDuffie Act is passed by the United States Congress, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.

  5. 1944

    World War II

    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.

  6. 1976

    Argentina

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

  7. 1980

    El Salvador

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

  8. 2008

    Bhutan

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

  9. 2015

    Germanwings Flight 9525

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

  10. 2018

    United States

    Students across the United States stage the March for Our Lives demanding gun control in response to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

Famous birthday twins

Born on March 24

Dario Fo

b. 1926

Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate

Luigi Einaudi

b. 1874

Italian economist and politician, 2nd president of the Italian Republic

Adolf Butenandt

b. 1903

German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Josef Stefan

b. 1835

Slovene physicist, mathematician, and poet

Vojislav Koštunica

b. 1944

Serbian academic and politician, 8th prime minister of Serbia

Yanis Varoufakis

b. 1961

Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance

Walter Baade

b. 1893

German astronomer and author

Martin Walser

b. 1927

German author and playwright

Deaths

  • 2016Johan Cruyff
  • 2009Hans Klenk
  • 2007Shripad Narayan Pendse
  • 1999Gertrud Scholtz-Klink
  • 1905Jules Verne
  • 1603Elizabeth I

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Catherine of Vadstena
  • —Christian feast day: Hildelith of Barking
  • —Christian feast day: Mac Cairthinn of Clogher
  • —Christian feast day: Maria Karłowska
  • —Christian feast day: Óscar Romero (Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutheranism)
  • —Christian feast day: Paul Couturier (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast day: Walter Hilton (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast day: March 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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