Famous Deaths In May - 24
Monday, 18 January 2021
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 On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
1543 On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland
1612 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.
1665 On May - 24 maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies
1669 Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48 on May - 24.
1670 Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59 on May - 24.
1696 On May - 24 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 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 On this day in history joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51
1773 Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 on May - 24.
1792 George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on May - 24.
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 May - 24.
1826 Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.
1831 Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62 on May - 24.
1843 On May - 24 death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)
1844 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on May - 24.
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 On this day in history death of elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23
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 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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