Historical Events Happened In May - 24

1738  Methodist Church is established on May - 24.  

1738  Methodist Church forms on May - 24.  

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

1743  On May - 24 jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist  

1749  Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman on this day in history.  

1751  Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802) on May - 24.  

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

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

1754  On May - 24 giacomo Conti, composer  

1762  Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1767  Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer on this day in history.  

1773  Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1781  Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player on this day in history.  

1787  On this day in history the Constitutional Convention is convened after a quorum of delegates attends in Philadelphia  

1792  On May - 24 george Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies  

1794  William Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73  

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

1809  On this day in history dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war  

1810  Argentina beings its revolt against Spain on this day in history.  

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

1811  Charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 on May - 24.  

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

1816  On May - 24 emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware)  

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 this day in history the birth of Queen Victoria  

1819  Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901) on May - 24.  

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

1822  Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain on May - 24.  

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

1826  Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37 on May - 24.  

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

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.  

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.  

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

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter  

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.  

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

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

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  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)  

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  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.  

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.