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  On this day in history 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 May - 24.  

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.  

1543  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland  

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1665  Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies on this day in history.  

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

1725  Death of Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682) on this day in history.  

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  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 May - 24.  

1804  On this day in history simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73  

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 May - 24.  

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

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

1850  Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on May - 24.  

1605  On this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church  

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer  

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.  

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 this day in history.