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 May - 24 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  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

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  On May - 24 albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62   

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

1734  On this day in history 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  On this day in history joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51   

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

1792  On this day in history george Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies   

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

1806  Death of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

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

1831  Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62 on May - 24.   

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

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

1850  Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74 on May - 24.   

1851  On this day in history stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40   

1861  On May - 24 death of elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23   

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

1872  Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1876  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history william Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73   

1881  Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

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  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  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

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

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

1650  On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

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