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

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

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

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

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 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  On this day in history george Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies   

1804  Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 on May - 24.   

1806  On May - 24 death of john Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)   

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

1831  Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1872  Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1876  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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

1881  On May - 24 samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies   

1883  On this day in history death of abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)   

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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 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 May - 24.   

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.