Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

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 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  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

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  On this day in history 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 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  On May - 24 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 May - 24.   

1762  Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 on May - 24.   

1773  Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 on May - 24.   

1792  On this day in history george Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies   

1804  On May - 24 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  Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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

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

1851  On this day in history stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40   

1861  On this day in history death of elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23   

1871  On May - 24 francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40   

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

1876  On May - 24 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.   

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  On May - 24 birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

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.