Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

1144  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

1425  On this day in history death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

1543  On this day in history 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  Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies on May - 24.   

1669  On May - 24 pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48   

1670  On May - 24 ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59   

1696  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1725  On May - 24 death of jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)   

1734  On this day in history death of georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)   

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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1851  On this day in history 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  On May - 24 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 May - 24.   

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

1881  Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 24.   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1619  On this day in history 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  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)