Famous Deaths In May - 24
Thursday, 21 February 2019
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 this day in history.
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 Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.
1612 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on this day in history.
1665 On May - 24 maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies
1669 Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 May - 24.
1751 William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on this day in history.
1762 On May - 24 joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51
1773 Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 on May - 24.
1792 George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on this day in history.
1804 On May - 24 simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73
1806 On May - 24 death of john Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)
1826 On this day in history friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37
1831 On May - 24 benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62
1843 Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765) on this day in history.
1844 On this day in history william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies
1850 Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74 on May - 24.
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 May - 24.
1871 On this day in history francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40
1872 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies on May - 24.
1876 On May - 24 henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
1879 On this day in history 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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