Page 2: Historical Events In May - 24

1738  On this day in history methodist Church is established   

1738  Methodist Church forms on May - 24.   

1738  George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820) on May - 24.   

1743  On May - 24 jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist   

1749  On May - 24 graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman   

1751  On May - 24 charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802)   

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

1753  Oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington on this day in history.   

1754  Giacomo Conti, composer on this day in history.   

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

1767  Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer on May - 24.   

1773  On this day in history jan Zach, composer, dies at 73   

1781  On May - 24 louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player   

1787  On this day in history the Constitutional Convention is convened after a quorum of delegates attends in Philadelphia   

1792  On May - 24 george Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies   

1794  On this day in history william Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science)   

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  Argentina beings its revolt against Spain on May - 24.   

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

1811  On May - 24 charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877   

1815  George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia on this day in history.   

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

1818  On May - 24 general Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola FL   

1818  Gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida on this day in history.   

1819  On May - 24 the birth of Queen Victoria   

1819  Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901) on this day in history.   

1822  On May - 24 at Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain   

1822  Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain on this day in history.   

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

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

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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  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

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 this day in history.   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on May - 24.   

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

1153  On this day in history david I, King of Scotland, dies   

1351  On this day in history death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  On this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

1543  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

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