Editing March 24 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[James I of England|James VI of Scotland]] is proclaimed King James I of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]], upon the death of [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].<ref>{{cite book |author=James Doelman |title=King James I and the Religious Culture of England |url=https://archive.org/details/kingjamesireli00jame |url-access=registration |year=2000 |publisher=DS Brewer |isbn=978-0-85991-593-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/kingjamesireli00jame/page/20 20]}}</ref>
*  1603   &ndash; [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] is granted the title of ''[[shōgun]]'' from [[Emperor Go-Yōzei]], and establishes the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] in [[Edo (Tokyo)|Edo]], Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - History - Tokugawa Ieyasu |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ieyasu_tokugawa.shtml |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tokugawa Ieyasu &#124; shogun of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tokugawa-Ieyasu |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1663]] &ndash; The [[Province of Carolina]] is granted by charter to eight [[Lords Proprietor]] in reward for their assistance in [[Restoration (England)|restoring]] [[Charles II of England]] to the throne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carolina Charter Issued, 1663 &#124; NC DNCR |url=https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/03/24/carolina-charter-issued-1663 |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.ncdcr.gov |date=24 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thorpe |first=Francis Newton |date=1998-12-18 |title=The Federal and State constitutions, colonial charters, and other organic laws of the state[s], territories, and colonies now or heretofore forming the United States of America /compiled and edited under the Act of Congress of June 30, 1906 |url=https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/nc01.asp |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=avalon.law.yale.edu}}</ref>
*[[1720]] &ndash; Count [[Frederick I of Sweden|Frederick of Hesse-Kassel]] is elected King of [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]] by the [[Riksdag of the Estates]], after his consort [[Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden|Ulrika Eleonora]] abdicated the throne on 29 February.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frederick (I) &#124; king of Sweden |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-I-king-of-Sweden |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ulrika Eleonora &#124; queen of Sweden |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ulrika-Eleonora |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] dedicated six [[concerto]]s to [[Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt]], now commonly called the [[Brandenburg Concertos]], BWV 1046&ndash;1051.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johann Sebastian Bach &#124; Biography, Music, Death, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Sebastian-Bach |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Marissen |first=Michael |date=2018-12-20 |title=There's More Religion Than You Think in Bach's 'Brandenburgs' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/arts/music/bach-brandenburg-concertos.html |access-date=2021-12-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] passes the [[Quartering Act]], which requires the [[Thirteen Colonies]] to house [[British Army during the American Revolutionary War|British troops]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quartering Act &#124; Summary, Significance, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Quartering-Act |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Quartering Act of 1765 |url=https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/quartering.html |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.ushistory.org |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; In [[Kraków]], [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] [[Kościuszko's proclamation|announces]] a [[Kościuszko Uprising|general uprising]] against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia, and assumes the powers of the [[Commander-in-chief|Commander in Chief]] of all of the [[Polish Armed Forces|Polish forces]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-24 |title=On this Day, in 1794: Tadeusz Kościuszko led an uprising against the Partition of Poland - Kafkadesk |url=https://kafkadesk.org/2021/03/24/on-this-day-in-1794-tadeusz-kosciuszko-led-an-uprising-against-the-partition-of-poland/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=kafkadesk.org |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-01 |title=A Hero to Poles and Americans Alike |url=https://warsawinstitute.org/hero-poles-americans-alike/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=Warsaw Institute |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thaddeus Kosciuszko - Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/thko/learn/historyculture/kosciuszkobio.htm |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1829]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] passes the [[Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829]], allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emancipation |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/religion/overview/emancipation/ |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.parliament.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic Emancipation Act &#124; United Kingdom [1829] |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Catholic-Emancipation-Act |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; In [[Hiram, Ohio]], a group of men beat and [[tar and feather]] [[Mormon]] leader [[Joseph Smith]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=March 24, 1832 &#124; Joseph Smith Chronology |url=https://jschronology.byustudies.byu.edu/events/march-24-1832 |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=jschronology.byustudies.byu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bushman |first=Richard |title=Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling |publisher=Knopf |year=2005 |isbn=1400042704 |pages=178 |language=English}}</ref>
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[President of Venezuela|President]] [[José Gregorio Monagas]] abolishes slavery in Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite news |title=José Gregorio Monagas &#124; Venezuelan politician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Gregorio-Monagas |access-date=2021-12-07 |newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-19 |title=Afro-Venezuelans |url=https://minorityrights.org/minorities/afro-venezuelans/ |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=Minority Rights Group |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Sakuradamon Incident (1860)|Sakuradamon Incident]]: Japanese Chief Minister ([[Tairō]]) [[Ii Naosuke]] is assassinated by ''[[rōnin]]'' ''[[samurai]]'' outside the [[Sakurada Gate]] of [[Edo Castle]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ii Naosuke &#124; Japanese feudal lord |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ii-Naosuke |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; The last of [[Tītokowaru]]'s forces surrendered to the [[Colony of New Zealand|New Zealand government]], ending [[Tītokowaru's War|his uprising]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taurangaika |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/titokowarus-war/taurangaika |access-date=2021-12-12 |website=nzhistory.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; A Chilean prospecting party led by José Díaz Gana discovers the silver ores of [[Caracoles]] in the Bolivian portion of [[Atacama Desert]],<ref name=arqueo>{{Cite journal |title=Arquelogía histórica en el mineral de Caracoles, Región de Antofagasta, Chile (1870-1989) |journal=Revista de Arqueología Histórica Argentina y Latinoamericana |url= |last1=García-Albarido |first1=Francisco |issue= |volume=4 |pages=169–194 |last2=Lorca |first2=Rodrigo |year=2010 |language=Spanish |last3=Rivera |first3=Francisco}}</ref>  leading to the last of the [[Chilean silver rush]]es<ref name=ChSI>{{Cite book |isbn=978-0-521-43375-4 |title=Chile Since Independence |editor1-last=Bethell |editor1-first=Leslie |year=1993 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=[[Cambridge, England|Cambridge]] |pages=13–14 |oclc=25873947 |lccn=92017160}}<!-- Bethel, "Chile Since Independence", 1993 --></ref>  and a diplomatic dispute over its taxation between Chile and Bolivia.<ref name=mem2>{{Cite web |url=https://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-92800.html |title=Mineral de Caracoles |trans-title= |website=[[Memoria Chilena]] |publisher=[[Biblioteca Nacional de Chile]] |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=El problema marítimo boliviano |journal=Agenda Internacional |last=Prudencia Lizón |first=Ramiro |issue=21 |volume=XI |language=Spanish |pages=27–45 |year=2004 |doi=10.18800/agenda.200402.002 |s2cid=258521758 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; The British frigate {{HMS|Eurydice|1843|6}} sinks, killing more than 300.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-10-28 |title=Haunted history of HMS Eurydice |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8327000/8327961.stm |access-date=2021-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Algernon Yockney (1843-1912) - HMS Eurydice struck by a squall off Shanklin, 24 March 1878 |url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/450058/hms-eurydice-struck-by-a-squall-off-shanklin-24-march-1878 |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.rct.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Last Four Days of the Eurydice |url=https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/library-archive/last-four-days-eurydice |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.rmg.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Robert Koch]] announces the discovery of ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]'', the [[bacterium]] responsible for [[tuberculosis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Perspectives Centennial: Koch's Discovery of the Tubercle Bacillus |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000222.htm#:~:text=On%20March%2024,%201882,%20Robert,of%20Tuberculosis%22%20(1). |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=www.cdc.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-24 |title=The day we discovered the cause of the 'white death' |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/march-24-1882-robert-koch-announces-his-discovery-of-the-cause-of-tuberculosis |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Mayor of New York City]] [[Robert Anderson Van Wyck]] breaks ground for a new underground "[[New York City Subway|Rapid Transit Railroad]]" that would link [[Manhattan]] and [[Brooklyn]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=nycsubway.org: The First Subway |url=https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_First_Subway |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.nycsubway.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Almanac: Building the New York City subway |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-building-the-new-york-city-subway/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=24 March 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Opening ceremonies, New York subway, Oct. 27, 1904 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2016600205/ |access-date=2021-12-08 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Carnegie Steel Company]] is formed in [[New Jersey]]; its capitalization of $160 million is the largest to date.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacques |last=Legrand |title=Chronicle of the 20th Century |publisher=Ecam Publication |year=1987 |page=12 |isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>