Famous Deaths In May - 24
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1144 On May - 24 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 Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.
1425 On this day in history death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
1456 On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
1543 Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.
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 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 Death of Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) on this day in history.
1749 On May - 24 death of graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman
1751 On this day in history william Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies
1762 Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1843 Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765) on May - 24.
1844 On this day in history william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies
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 May - 24 death of elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23
1871 Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40 on May - 24.
1872 On this day in history julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies
1876 On this day in history henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
1879 On May - 24 william Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73
1881 Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.
1883 Death of Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808) on May - 24.
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