Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

1144  On May - 24 petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

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

1351  On May - 24 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  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  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

1665  On May - 24 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  On May - 24 albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62   

1725  On May - 24 death of jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)   

1734  On May - 24 death of georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)   

1749  Death of Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman on May - 24.   

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

1762  On May - 24 joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51   

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

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

1804  Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1806  Death of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1826  On May - 24 friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37   

1831  On May - 24 benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62   

1843  Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765) on May - 24.   

1844  On this day in history william Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies   

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

1851  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 on May - 24.   

1861  Death of Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23 on this day in history.   

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 May - 24 henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46   

1879  William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

1650  On this day in history 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 this day in history.