Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

1351  On this day in history death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)  

1408  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)  

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

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)  

1543  On this day in history 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 May - 24.  

1669  Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

1762  On May - 24 joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51  

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

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

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

1843  On May - 24 death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)  

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

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

1871  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1872  Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies on May - 24.  

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

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter  

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.