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  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.  

1543  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland  

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

1665  On this day in history maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies  

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

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1670  On this day in history ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59  

1696  On May - 24 albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62  

1725  On this day in history death of jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)  

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 May - 24.  

1762  Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 on May - 24.  

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

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

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  Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37 on May - 24.  

1831  On May - 24 benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62  

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

1844  On May - 24 william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies  

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

1851  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 on May - 24.  

1861  On May - 24 death of elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23  

1871  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1872  On this day in history julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies  

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 this day in history 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 May - 24.  

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

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on May - 24.