Historical Events In May - 24

1738  On May - 24 methodist Church is established   

1738  On this day in history methodist Church forms   

1738  On May - 24 george III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820)   

1743  Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist on May - 24.   

1749  Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman on May - 24.   

1751  On this day in history charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802)   

1751  On May - 24 william Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies   

1753  On May - 24 oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington   

1754  Giacomo Conti, composer on this day in history.   

1762  On this day in history joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51   

1767  On this day in history joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer   

1773  On this day in history jan Zach, composer, dies at 73   

1781  Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player on May - 24.   

1787  On May - 24 the Constitutional Convention is convened after a quorum of delegates attends in Philadelphia   

1792  On this day in history george Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies   

1794  On May - 24 william Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science)   

1798  On May - 24 irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.   

1803  On this day in history charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano   

1804  Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1807  On May - 24 cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature   

1809  On May - 24 dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war   

1810  On this day in history argentina beings its revolt against Spain   

1810  On May - 24 abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism   

1811  On this day in history charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877   

1815  On May - 24 george Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia   

1816  Emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware) on May - 24.   

1818  General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola FL on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida   

1819  On May - 24 the birth of Queen Victoria   

1819  On this day in history victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901)   

1822  At Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain on this day in history.   

1822  On May - 24 battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain   

1824  On this day in history pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee   

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

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1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

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

1605  On this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

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

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1650  On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

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

1144  On this day in history petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on May - 24.   

1425  On this day in history 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  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on this day in history.