Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.   

1456  On May - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

1669  Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48 on May - 24.   

1670  On May - 24 ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59   

1696  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62 on May - 24.   

1725  On May - 24 death of jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)   

1734  Death of Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) on this day in history.   

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

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

1762  Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 on May - 24.   

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

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

1804  On May - 24 simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73   

1806  On this day in history death of john Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)   

1826  Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1831  Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

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

1850  On this day in history jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74   

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

1861  Death of Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23 on May - 24.   

1871  On this day in history francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40   

1872  On this day in history julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies   

1876  On May - 24 henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46   

1879  William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on May - 24.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)