Historical Events In May - 24

1738  Methodist Church is established on May - 24.   

1738  Methodist Church forms on May - 24.   

1738  On May - 24 george III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820)   

1743  Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist on May - 24.   

1749  Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman on this day in history.   

1751  Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802) on this day in history.   

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

1753  Oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington on May - 24.   

1754  On this day in history giacomo Conti, composer   

1762  Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 on May - 24.   

1767  Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer on May - 24.   

1773  On May - 24 jan Zach, composer, dies at 73   

1781  Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player on May - 24.   

1787  On May - 24 the Constitutional Convention is convened after a quorum of delegates attends in Philadelphia   

1792  George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on May - 24.   

1794  William Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science) on May - 24.   

1798  Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins on May - 24.   

1803  On May - 24 charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano   

1804  On this day in history simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73   

1807  Cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature on this day in history.   

1809  On May - 24 dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war   

1810  On May - 24 argentina beings its revolt against Spain   

1810  On May - 24 abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism   

1811  On this day in history charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877   

1815  On this day in history george Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia   

1816  Emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware) on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history general Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola FL   

1818  Gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida on May - 24.   

1819  The birth of Queen Victoria on May - 24.   

1819  Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901) on May - 24.   

1822  At Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain on May - 24.   

1822  Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain on May - 24.   

1824  On May - 24 pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee   

1826  Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37 on May - 24.   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

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

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

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

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

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