Famous Deaths In May - 24

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

1153  On May - 24 david I, King of Scotland, dies  

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.  

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

1425  On this day in history death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)  

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

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

1696  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62 on May - 24.  

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  Death of Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman on this day in history.  

1751  On May - 24 william Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies  

1762  On May - 24 joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51  

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

1792  On this day in history george Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies  

1804  On this day in history 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  Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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

1861  Death of Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23 on May - 24.  

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

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  On May - 24 samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies  

1883  Death of Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808) on May - 24.  

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)  

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 May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer  

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  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 May - 24.