Famous Deaths In May - 24

1144  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies  

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.  

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)  

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  On this day in history maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies  

1669  On May - 24 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  Death of Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682) on May - 24.  

1734  Death of Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) on May - 24.  

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

1792  George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on May - 24.  

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 May - 24.  

1826  On this day in history friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37  

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

1843  On this day in history death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)  

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

1850  On this day in history jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74  

1851  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 on May - 24.  

1861  On this day in history 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  On this day in history julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies  

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

1879  William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on May - 24.  

1881  On May - 24 samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies  

1883  Death of Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808) on this day in history.  

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1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)  

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist  

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.