Famous Deaths In May - 24

1144  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies  

1153  On this day in history david I, King of Scotland, dies  

1351  On this day in history 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  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1696  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62 on May - 24.  

1725  On this day in history death of jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)  

1734  Death of Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) on this day in history.  

1749  On May - 24 death of graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman  

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

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

1773  On this day in history jan Zach, composer, dies at 73  

1792  On May - 24 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 this day in history.  

1826  Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1851  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 on May - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1876  On May - 24 henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46  

1879  On this day in history william Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73  

1881  On May - 24 samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies  

1883  Death of Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808) on this day in history.  

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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 May - 24.  

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

1650  On May - 24 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)