Famous Deaths In May - 24

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.  

1153  On May - 24 david I, King of Scotland, dies  

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.  

1408  On this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)  

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

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

1665  On May - 24 maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies  

1669  On this day in history pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48  

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  On this day in history william Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies  

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

1773  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1806  On May - 24 death of john Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)  

1826  Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37 on May - 24.  

1831  On this day in history benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62  

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 May - 24.  

1851  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 on this day in history.  

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  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1879  On May - 24 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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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.  

1544  On this day in history 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  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.  

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)  

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on May - 24.  

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.  

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