Famous Deaths In May - 24

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.  

1456  On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)  

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.  

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1665  On May - 24 maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies  

1669  Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

1734  On this day in history death of georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)  

1749  Death of Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman on May - 24.  

1751  William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on this day in history.  

1762  On May - 24 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 this day in history.  

1804  On May - 24 simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73  

1806  On May - 24 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  On May - 24 benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62  

1843  Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765) on this day in history.  

1844  On this day in history william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies  

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

1871  On this day in history francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40  

1872  Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies on May - 24.  

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  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.  

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

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.  

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.  

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)  

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.