Famous Deaths In May - 24

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.   

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  Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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 May - 24.   

1725  Death of Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682) on May - 24.   

1734  Death of Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) on May - 24.   

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  On May - 24 jan Zach, composer, dies at 73   

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

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 May - 24.   

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

1843  On May - 24 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 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  On May - 24 francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40   

1872  On May - 24 julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies   

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 this day in history samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies   

1883  On May - 24 death of abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

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  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

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