Famous Deaths Happened 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 May - 24.   

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  On May - 24 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  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 May - 24.   

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

1749  On this day in history death of graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman   

1751  William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on May - 24.   

1762  Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1792  George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 24.   

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

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

1844  On May - 24 william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies   

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

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  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 24.   

1883  Death of Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808) on May - 24.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

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  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

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 May - 24.