Page 2: Historical Events In May - 24

1738  Methodist Church is established on May - 24.   

1738  On May - 24 methodist Church forms   

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

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

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

1751  Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802) on this day in history.   

1751  On May - 24 william Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies   

1753  On this day in history oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington   

1754  On May - 24 giacomo Conti, composer   

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

1767  On May - 24 joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer   

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

1781  Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player on this day in history.   

1787  The Constitutional Convention is convened after a quorum of delegates attends in Philadelphia on May - 24.   

1792  On this day in history george Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies   

1794  William Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science) on this day in history.   

1798  On May - 24 irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.   

1803  On this day in history 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  Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history argentina beings its revolt against Spain   

1810  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

1816  On this day in history emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware)   

1818  On May - 24 general Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola FL   

1818  On this day in history gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida   

1819  The birth of Queen Victoria on May - 24.   

1819  Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901) on May - 24.   

1822  At Battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain on May - 24.   

1822  On this day in history battle of Pichincha, Bolívar secures independence of Quito from Spain   

1824  On this day in history pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee   

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

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

1544  On this day in history 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  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

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

1671  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

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

1408  On May - 24 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  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  On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48