Famous Deaths In May - 24

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on May - 24.   

1153  On May - 24 david I, King of Scotland, dies   

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.   

1425  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

1543  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48   

1665  On this day in history maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies   

1669  On May - 24 pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48   

1670  Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59 on May - 24.   

1696  On May - 24 albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62   

1725  On this day in history death of jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)   

1734  On this day in history death of georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)   

1749  On May - 24 death of graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman   

1751  On this day in history william Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies   

1762  On May - 24 joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51   

1773  Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 on May - 24.   

1792  George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on this day in history.   

1804  Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 on May - 24.   

1806  Death of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723) on May - 24.   

1826  On this day in history friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37   

1831  Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62 on May - 24.   

1843  Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765) on May - 24.   

1844  On May - 24 william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies   

1850  Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74 on May - 24.   

1851  On May - 24 stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40   

1861  On this day in history death of elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23   

1871  On May - 24 francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40   

1872  On May - 24 julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies   

1876  On this day in history henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46   

1879  On this day in history william Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73   

1881  On this day in history samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies   

1883  On this day in history death of abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)   

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  On May - 24 birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on this day in history.   

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on May - 24.