Famous Deaths 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 May - 24 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  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.   

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

1665  On May - 24 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 this day in history ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59   

1696  Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1725  Death of Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682) on this day in history.   

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

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

1751  On this day in history william Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies   

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

1773  Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 on May - 24.   

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

1804  On this day in history simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73   

1806  Death of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723) on May - 24.   

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

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

1843  On May - 24 death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)   

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

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 May - 24.   

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  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  Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1883  Death of Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808) on this day in history.   

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

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  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 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 May - 24.