Famous Deaths In May - 24

1144  On this day in history petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies  

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.  

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

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1670  On this day in history ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59  

1696  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1725  Death of Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682) on May - 24.  

1734  Death of Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) on May - 24.  

1749  On this day in history death of graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman  

1751  On this day in history william Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies  

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

1773  On May - 24 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 May - 24.  

1806  Death of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723) on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37  

1831  On this day in history benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62  

1843  On this day in history death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)  

1844  William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on this day in history.  

1850  On May - 24 jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74  

1851  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 on May - 24.  

1861  On May - 24 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  Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies on May - 24.  

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

1879  William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1881  Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on May - 24.  

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

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

1544  On this day in history 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  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.  

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter  

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.  

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)