Famous Deaths In May - 24

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

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

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)  

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.  

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.  

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.  

1543  On this day in history 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  Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies on this day in history.  

1669  On May - 24 pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48  

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

1696  On this day in history albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62  

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

1734  On May - 24 death of georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)  

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 this day in history.  

1773  Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 May - 24.  

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

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

1843  On May - 24 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 May - 24.  

1851  On May - 24 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  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  William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on May - 24.  

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

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church  

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer  

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.  

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter  

1650  On May - 24 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.