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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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 May - 24 maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies   

1669  On this day in history pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48   

1670  Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59 on May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1762  On this day in history joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51   

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

1792  On May - 24 george Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies   

1804  Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history death of john Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)   

1826  On this day in history 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  On this day in history william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies   

1850  On this day in history jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74   

1851  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1871  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40 on May - 24.   

1872  On May - 24 julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies   

1876  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 on May - 24.   

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  On May - 24 death of abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)   

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1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on May - 24.   

1605  On May - 24 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 this day in history.   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on May - 24.   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.