Famous Deaths Happened 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 May - 24.   

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

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  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

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

1670  Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1725  Death of Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682) on May - 24.   

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

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

1751  On May - 24 william Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies   

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

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

1792  George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on May - 24.   

1804  Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1806  Death of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37   

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

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

1876  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  On May - 24 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  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)