Famous Deaths In May - 24

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

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 May - 24.  

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.  

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  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 May - 24.  

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

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1670  Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59 on May - 24.  

1696  On this day in history albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62  

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

1734  On May - 24 death of georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)  

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

1751  William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on May - 24.  

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

1773  On this day in history jan Zach, composer, dies at 73  

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

1804  Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1806  On May - 24 death of john Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)  

1826  On May - 24 friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37  

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

1843  Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765) on this day in history.  

1844  William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on May - 24.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1871  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40 on May - 24.  

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

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

1879  On May - 24 william Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73  

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 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  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter  

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)