Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

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

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

1351  On May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  On this day in history 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  On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48   

1665  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1762  On May - 24 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 May - 24.   

1826  On May - 24 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 May - 24.   

1850  Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74 on May - 24.   

1851  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1879  William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on May - 24.   

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

1883  On this day in history death of abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)   

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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 May - 24.   

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)