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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48  

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1670  Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1749  On May - 24 death of graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman  

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

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

1773  Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 on May - 24.  

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

1804  Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 on May - 24.  

1806  On May - 24 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 May - 24.  

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

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

1850  On May - 24 jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74  

1851  On this day in history 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  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  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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

1881  Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on May - 24.  

1883  On May - 24 death of abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)  

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.  

1544  On May - 24 birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)  

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer  

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 24.