Page 2: Historical Events 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  On May - 24 charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802)   

1751  William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 24 jan Zach, composer, dies at 73   

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  George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on May - 24.   

1794  William Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science) on May - 24.   

1798  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

1807  On this day in history cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature   

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

1810  On May - 24 argentina beings its revolt against Spain   

1810  On this day in history abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism   

1811  On May - 24 charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877   

1815  On this day in history george Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia   

1816  Emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware) on this day in history.   

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

1818  Gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida on May - 24.   

1819  The birth of Queen Victoria on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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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 May - 24.   

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

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

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1144  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

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

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

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

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