March 24:
A.D. 1603: Mary Queen of Scots son, King James VI of Scotland, succeeds Queen Elizabeth I of England, becoming James I of England and uniting the Scottish and English crowns.
A.D. 1801: Czar Aleksandr I inherits the Russian throne.
A.D. 1832: Joseph Smith is beaten, feathered, and tarred in Ohio.
A.D. 1837: Blacks are given the right to vote in Canada.