Famous Deaths In May - 24

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

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

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.  

1408  On this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)  

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.  

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

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.  

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1670  On this day in history ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59  

1696  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1725  Death of Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682) on May - 24.  

1734  Death of Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) on May - 24.  

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

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

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

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

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

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  On May - 24 friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37  

1831  On this day in history benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62  

1843  On May - 24 death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)  

1844  William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on this day in history.  

1850  Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1851  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history death of elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23  

1871  On May - 24 francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40  

1872  On May - 24 julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies  

1876  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 on May - 24.  

1879  William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1881  On May - 24 samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies  

1883  Death of Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808) 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.  

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.