Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on May - 24.   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

1351  On May - 24 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  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.   

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

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.   

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

1696  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

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  Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 on May - 24.   

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

1792  On this day in history 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  On May - 24 friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37   

1831  Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1843  Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765) on May - 24.   

1844  On this day in history william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies   

1850  Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74 on May - 24.   

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  On May - 24 francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40   

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

1876  On this day in history henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46   

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

1881  Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 24.   

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 this day in history.