Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

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 this day in history.   

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1751  William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on May - 24.   

1762  Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 24 simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73   

1806  Death of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74   

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

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

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  Death of Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808) on May - 24.   

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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 May - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.   

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)