Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24
Thursday, 18 September 2025
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 this day in history death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)
1408 On this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
1425 Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.
1456 On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
1543 Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.
1612 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on this day in history.
1665 Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies on May - 24.
1669 On May - 24 pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48
1670 On this day in history ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59
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 this day in history.
1749 On this day in history death of graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman
1751 William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on May - 24.
1762 Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.
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 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 May - 24.
1826 On May - 24 friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37
1831 Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62 on May - 24.
1843 Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765) on May - 24.
1844 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on May - 24.
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 On May - 24 julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies
1876 On this day in history henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
1879 William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on May - 24.
1881 Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.
1883 On May - 24 death of abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)
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