What happened on March 24?

43 sourced historical events are currently published for March 24. Browse the chronology below or filter this date by place and event type. This collection is expanding, not an exhaustive account of the day.

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The published March 24 chronology runs from 1201 to 2024, a span of 823 years. It contains 43 sourced records across 26 countries and 5 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.

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  • Politics & society · 23 records
  • War & conflict · 10 records
  • Sport · 6 records
  • Arts & culture · 3 records

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  • United Kingdom · 7 records
  • United States · 6 records
  • Germany · 4 records
  • Australia · 2 records
  • Canada · 2 records

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March 24 historical events

1201 — Siege of Varna (1201)

The siege of Varna (Bulgarian: Обсада на Варна) took place between 21 and 24 March 1201 at Varna, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast between the Bulgarians and the Byzantines. The Bulgarians were victorious and captured the city.

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1387 — Battle of Margate

The Battle of Margate (), also known as the Battle of Cadzand (not to be confused with the 1337 Battle of Cadzand), was a naval battle that took place on 24–25 March 1387, during the Caroline War phase of the Hundred Years' War, between an English fleet and a Franco-Castilian-Flemish wine fleet. The battle ended in an English victory: many ships were captured, and a vast haul of booty was acquired, including 8,000–9,000 tuns of wine.

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1843 — Battle of Hyderabad

The Battle of Hyderabad, also called The Battle of Dubba (or The Battle of Dubbo in contemporary references) was fought on 24 March 1843 between the British colonial empire and the Talpur Emirs of Sindh near Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. A small British force, led by Captain James Outram, who were attacked by the Talpur Balochis and forced to make a fort of the British residency, which they successfully defended until they finally escaped to a waiting river steamer. After the British victory at Meeanee (also spelt Miani), Sir Charles Napier continued his advance to the Indus River and attacked the Sindh Capital of Hyderabad.

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1862 — Skirmish of the Brick Church

The Skirmish of the Brick Church was the first land engagement in Northeast Florida between the Union Army and Confederate Army of the American Civil War. It was fought on March 24, 1862 and resulted in the first Confederate victory in Florida.

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1864 — Battle of Paso del Muerto

The Battle of Paso del Muerto (Spanish: Batalla del Paso del Muerto), also known as the Action of Paso del Muerto or the Combat of Paso del Muerto, was a skirmish during the Dominican Restoration War that took place on March 24, 1864, between Spanish forces under the command of Brigadier Juan Suero and Dominican forces commanded by General Gregorio Luperón. The engagement ended in a Spanish victory.

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1877 — 1877 FA Cup final

The 1877 FA Cup final was a football match between Wanderers and Oxford University on 24 March 1877 at Kennington Oval in London. It was the sixth final of the world's oldest football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (known in the modern era as the FA Cup). Wanderers were the reigning cup-holders and had won the competition three times in total.

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1885 — Battle of Bang Bo (Zhennan Pass)

The Battle of Bang Bo, known in China as the battle of Zhennan Pass (Chinese:鎮南關之役), was an important Chinese victory during the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). The battle, fought on 23 and 24 March 1885 on the Tonkin-Guangxi border, saw the defeat of 1,500 soldiers of General François de Négrier's 2nd Brigade of the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps by a Chinese army under the command of the Guangxi military commissioner Pan Dingxin (潘鼎新). The battle set the scene for the French Retreat from Lang Son on 28 March and the conclusion of the Sino-French War in early April in circumstances of considerable embarrassment for France.

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1895 — 1894 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1894 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 7th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1894 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Clonturk Park, Dublin, on 24 March 1895 between Cork, represented by club side Blackrock, and Dublin, represented by club side Rapparees.

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1901 — 1899 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

The 1899 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 12th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1899 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Jones' Road, Dublin, on 24 March 1901 between Wexford, represented by club side Blackwater, and Tipperary, represented by club side Moycarkey.

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1908 — Peckham by-election, 1908

The Peckham by-election, 1908 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Peckham in the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, London on 24 March 1908. The seat was won by the opposition Conservative Party candidate, a gain from the Liberal Party who had won a large majority at the 1906 general election.

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1911 — Malissori uprising

The Malissori uprising (or the Albanian revolt of 1911) was one of many Albanian revolts in the Ottoman Empire and lasted from 24 March 1911 until 4 August 1911 in the region of Malessia (also spelled Malissori).

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1922 — Chertsey by-election, 1922

The Chertsey by-election, 1922 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Chertsey on 24 March 1922.

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1929 — Italian general election, 1929

General elections were held in Italy on 24 March 1929. Following a parliamentary reform enacted in 1928 by the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, the elections were held in the form of a referendum, with the Grand Council of the National Fascist Party, now an official state organ, allowed to compose a single party list to be either approved or rejected by the voters.

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1945 — Battle of Burp Gun Corner

The Battle of Burp Gun Corner was an engagement between soldiers of the U.S. 435th Troop Carrier Group and the Wehrmacht. The battle took place at a small crossroads near Wesel, Germany, from March 24–25, 1945. The engagement was part of Operation Varsity.

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1954 — Hong Kong municipal election, 1954

The 1954 Urban Council Election was held on 24 March 1954 for the 2 of the 4 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 4,957 of about 13,700 eligible voters cast their votes, 3,887 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 1,070 from Kowloon. There were five candidates contesting in total and the Reform Club was able to secure the 2 seats they won in last year.

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1968 — 1968 Lebanese general election in Beirut I

Voting to elect eight members of the Lebanese parliament took place in the Beirut I district (one of three electoral districts in the city) on March 24, 1968, part of the national general election of that year. The constituency had 98,439 eligible voters, out of whom 28,631 voted (29.59 percent, the lowest turn-out of all constituencies). The elections in Beirut I passed smoothly without violent incidents.

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1976 — 1976 Argentine coup d'état

The 1976 Argentine coup d'état was a right-wing coup that overthrew Isabel Perón as President of Argentina on 24 March 1976. A military junta was installed to replace her; this was headed by General Jorge Rafael Videla, Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera and Brigadier-General Orlando Ramón Agosti. The junta took the official name of "National Reorganization Process", and remained in power until 10 December 1983. Although political repression was happening before the coup (Military disappearing people and killing), it was also heavily extended after the coup ended. The result of those years were more than 30.000 people forced disappearances.

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1983 — Darlington by-election, 1983

The Darlington by-election, 1983 was a parliamentary by-election held on 24 March 1983 for the British House of Commons constituency of Darlington in County Durham. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Edward Fletcher had died on 13 February 1983, a few days before his 72nd birthday. He had held the seat since the 1964 general election. The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Oswald O'Brien, who won with a majority of 2,412 over the Conservative Party candidate Michael Fallon.

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1984 — New South Wales state election, 1984

Elections were held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 24 March 1984. The Labor government led by Neville Wran won a fourth term in office, though with a reduced (if still sizeable) majority and a 7% swing against it. As the two previous elections each saw the sitting Opposition Leader lose the election and failing to be elected to Parliament, the 1984 election saw Nick Greiner becoming the first Opposition Leader to lose an election and retain his seat since Pat Hills in 1974. Independents Ted Mack and John Hatton retained their seats of North Shore and South Coast respectively.

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1988 — Gibraltar general election, 1988

General elections were held in Gibraltar on 24 March 1988. The elections were a watershed in Gibraltar politics, as they saw the first win by the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP), led by Joe Bossano, whose candidates took 58% of the popular vote and eight of the fifteen seats available in the Gibraltar House of Assembly. Bossano's party took control away from the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (AACR), under outgoing Chief Minister Adolfo Canepa. The AACR had been the dominant political party in Gibraltar politics for over forty years and had won every election but one since 1945.

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1990 — Australian federal election, 1990

Federal elections were held in Australia on 24 March 1990. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Bob Hawke defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by Andrew Peacock with coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by Charles Blunt.

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1991 — WrestleMania VII

WrestleMania VII was a 1991 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the seventh annual WrestleMania and took place on March 24, 1991, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. This was the second WrestleMania held at this venue after the final portion of WrestleMania 2 in 1986.

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1993 — Israeli presidential election, 1993

Elections for the President of Israel were held in the Knesset on 24 March 1993, following the end of Chaim Herzog's second five-year term in office. Ezer Weizman, former Israeli Air Force commander and Defense Minister of Israel, ran against Dov Shilansky, a Likud politician. The Knesset elected Weizman, by a majority of 66 to 53 to serve as the next President of Israel.

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1996 — Iraqi parliamentary election, 1996

Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 24 March 1996. The election was contested by 689 candidates, although 30 MPs were appointed to represent Iraqi Kurdistan. The result was a victory for the Ba'ath Party, which won 161 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 93.5%. All candidates "had been approved beforehand by a committee chaired by the Justice Minister".

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1996 — 1996 Schleswig-Holstein state election

The 1996 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 24 March 1996 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Heide Simonis lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with The Greens, and Simonis continued in office.

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1996 — 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election

The 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 24 March 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent grand coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) under Minister-President Erwin Teufel retained its majority. However, the CDU chose not to renew the coalition, instead forming a new government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP).

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1996 — Uncensored (1996)

The 1996 Uncensored was the second Uncensored professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on March 24, 1996, from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi. Seven matches were contested at the pay-per-view. The major attraction of the event was the main event, a Doomsday Cage match pitting Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage against the Alliance to End Hulkamania, a group consisting of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and The Dungeon of Doom.

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1998 — 1998 Westside Middle School shooting

The 1998 Westside Middle School shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on March 24, 1998, at Westside Middle School in unincorporated Craighead County, Arkansas, near the city of Jonesboro. Thirteen-year-old Mitchell Johnson and eleven-year-old Andrew Golden opened fire on the school, shooting and killing five people and wounding ten others. Both were arrested when they attempted to flee the scene.

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2001 — Kuomintang chairmanship election, 2001

The Kuomintang chairmanship election of 2001 (Chinese: 2001年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 24 March 2001 in Taiwan. This was the first direct party leadership election in Kuomintang history in which all registered, due-paying party members were eligible to vote. In previous elections, only 2,000 high-ranking members could cast votes.

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2002 — 2002 Football League Trophy final

The 2002 Football League Trophy Final (known as the LDV Vans Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th final of the Football League Trophy – a domestic football cup competition for teams from the Football League Second and Third Division. The match was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, and was contested by Blackpool and Cambridge United on 24 March 2002. Blackpool won the match 4–1.

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2008 — 2008 Bhutanese National Assembly election

National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan for the first time on 24 March 2008. Two parties were registered by the Election Commission of Bhutan to contest the elections; Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), led by Jigme Y. Thinley, which was formed by the merger of the Bhutan People's United Party and All People's Party, and the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

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2012 — New Democratic Party leadership election, 2012

An election for the leadership of the New Democratic Party (NDP), a social democratic party in Canada, was called for March 24, 2012, in order to elect a permanent successor to Jack Layton who had died the previous summer. The New Democratic Party's executive and caucus set the rules for the campaign at a series of meetings in September 2011. The election took place in Toronto and on the Internet. At the Leadership Convention, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Thomas Mulcair was declared to be the new leader of the party.

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2012 — 2012 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary

The 2012 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary was held on March 24, 2012. President Barack Obama received little opposition in the 2012 Democratic primaries, handily winning overall with over 88% of the vote. However, Tennessee attorney and perennial political candidate John Wolfe Jr. challenged President Obama in the primaries, and received nearly 12% of the vote.

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2012 — 2012 Svenska Supercupen

Svenska Supercupen 2012, Swedish Super Cup 2012, was the 6th Svenska Supercupen, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen competitions. The match was played at Olympia, Helsingborg, on 24 March 2012, and was contested by league winners Helsingborgs IF and runners-up AIK. AIK qualified for the cup as Allsvenskan runners-up since Helsingborg won both the league and Svenska Cupen in 2011.

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2015 — Germanwings Flight 9525

Germanwings Flight 9525 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport in Spain to Düsseldorf Airport in Germany. The flight was operated by Germanwings, a low-cost carrier owned by the German airline Lufthansa. On 24 March 2015, the Airbus A320 operating the flight crashed 100 km (62 mi; 54 nmi) north-west of Nice in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

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2018 — March for Our Lives

March for Our Lives (MFOL) is a student-led American organization which leads demonstrations in support of gun control legislation. The first demonstration took place in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2018, with over 880 sibling events throughout the United States and around the world, and was planned by Never Again MSD in collaboration with the nonprofit organization Everytown for Gun Safety. The event followed the Parkland high school shooting a month earlier, which was described by several media outlets as a possible tipping point for gun control legislation.

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2018 — 2018 President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies election

The election of the President of the Chamber of Deputies who would serve through the legislature XVIII of Italy took place on 23 and 24 March 2018, weeks after the 2022 Italian general election. Roberto Fico was elected on the fourth ballot following an agreement between the Five Star Movement and the centre-right coalition.

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2019 — 2019 Thai general election

General elections were held in Thailand on 24 March 2019. They were the first elections since the 2014 Thai coup d'état that installed coup leader General Prayut Chan-o-cha as prime minister, and the first held in accordance with the 2017 constitution, which was drafted under the ruling military junta. The elections selected the five hundred members of the new House of Representatives, the previous House having been dissolved by the coup.

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2019 — 2019 Comorian presidential election

Early presidential elections were held in the Comoros on 24 March 2019 alongside regional elections. A second round would have been held on 21 April if required, but incumbent President Azali Assoumani was re-elected in the first round of voting.

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2022 — 2022 City of London Corporation election

The 2022 City of London Corporation election took place on 24 March 2022 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation, England. The election was postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2023 — Impact Wrestling Sacrifice (2023)

The 2023 Sacrifice was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. The event took place on March 24, 2023, at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and aired on Impact Plus and YouTube. It was the 14th event under the Sacrifice chronology, and Impact's first televised event in Canada since 2019. The event also featured wrestlers from partner promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

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2024 — 2024 Senegalese presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 24 March 2024. Incumbent president Macky Sall was ineligible to pursue a third term due to term limits in the Constitution of Senegal. The elections were originally scheduled for 25 February, but were postponed indefinitely by a decree of Sall on 3 February, and then delayed by the National Assembly to 15 December. However, on 15 February the Senegalese Constitutional Council overturned the postponement and ordered elections to proceed as soon as possible, with the government subsequently setting a new election date for 24 March after a national dialogue at the end of February was ruled unconstitutional.

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2024 — 2024 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final

The 2024 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final, marketed with the sponsored title, 2024 Sky Sports Cup Final, was the 21st final of the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. The match was played on 24 March 2024 at Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh. Rangers and Partick Thistle were the finalists; the match was televised live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports and Sky Sports Mix channels.

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