Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.   

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

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on May - 24.   

1456  On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

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

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

1665  Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies on this day in history.   

1669  On May - 24 pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48   

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 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 May - 24.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1806  On this day in history death of john Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)   

1826  Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 24 william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies   

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

1851  On this day in history 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  Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40 on May - 24.   

1872  On this day in history julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies   

1876  On this day in history henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46   

1879  On this day in history william Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73   

1881  Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1650  On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

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