Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on May - 24.   

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

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.   

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 May - 24.   

1669  Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1670  Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62   

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  Death of Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman on May - 24.   

1751  William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on May - 24.   

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

1773  Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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

1831  On May - 24 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 this day in history.   

1851  On May - 24 stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40   

1861  On this day in history 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  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  William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies   

1883  On May - 24 death of abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)   

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1522  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

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.