Famous Deaths In May - 24
Monday, 06 February 2023
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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