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  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on May - 24.  

1425  On May - 24 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  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.  

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

1669  Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48 on May - 24.  

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1670  Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59 on May - 24.  

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

1749  Death of Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman on this day in history.  

1751  William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on this day in history.  

1762  On this day in history joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51  

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

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

1831  Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62 on May - 24.  

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

1844  William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on May - 24.  

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  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 May - 24.  

1872  On May - 24 julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies  

1876  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 on May - 24.  

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

1881  On May - 24 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  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.  

1605  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church  

1610  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer  

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

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.