Historical Events Happened In May - 24

1738  On May - 24 methodist Church is established  

1738  On May - 24 methodist Church forms  

1738  George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820) on this day in history.  

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

1749  On this day in history graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman  

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  Oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington on May - 24.  

1754  Giacomo Conti, composer on May - 24.  

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

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

1773  On May - 24 jan Zach, composer, dies at 73  

1781  On May - 24 louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player  

1787  The Constitutional Convention is convened after a quorum of delegates attends in Philadelphia on this day in history.  

1792  George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on May - 24.  

1794  On this day in history william Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science)  

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

1803  Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano on May - 24.  

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  Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war on this day in history.  

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

1810  On this day in history 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 this day in history george Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia  

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

1818  On May - 24 general Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola FL  

1818  On May - 24 gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida  

1819  The birth of Queen Victoria on May - 24.  

1819  Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901) on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history at Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain  

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

1824  Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee on May - 24.  

1826  On May - 24 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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer  

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

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on May - 24.  

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

1671  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland  

1612  On May - 24 robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48