This Day In European History
24th March
Events1603: The kingdoms of England and Scotland are united as King James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England.
1877 The Boat Race, an annual rowing contest between Oxford and Cambridge Universities over four and a quarter miles of the River Thames ends in a dead heat.
Births
1494: Georgius Agricola, German scientist.
1607: Michiel Addriaanszoon de Ruyter, Dutch Admiral.
1874: Luigi Einaudi, Italian president from 1948-55.
Deaths
1603: Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1794: Jacques-René Hébert, French Revolutionary workers' leader, guillotined.
1844: Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor.
1884: François Mignet, French historian.
