Famous Deaths In May - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1144 Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.
1153 David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.
1351 Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history.
1408 On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
1425 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies
1669 On this day in history pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48
1670 On May - 24 ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59
1696 Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1725 On May - 24 death of jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)
1734 Death of Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) on this day in history.
1749 Death of Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman on this day in history.
1751 William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on this day in history.
1762 On May - 24 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 On May - 24 simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73
1806 On May - 24 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 Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62 on May - 24.
1843 On May - 24 death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)
1844 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on this day in history.
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 May - 24.
1871 On this day in history francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40
1872 Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies on May - 24.
1876 On May - 24 henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
1879 On May - 24 william Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73
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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