Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

1144  On May - 24 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 May - 24 death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

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 May - 24.   

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

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

1665  Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies on May - 24.   

1669  Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48 on May - 24.   

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  On May - 24 death of jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)   

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

1749  Death of Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman on May - 24.   

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

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

1773  On this day in history jan Zach, composer, dies at 73   

1792  George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies on this day in history.   

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

1806  On this day in history death of john Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723)   

1826  On May - 24 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  On this day in history jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74   

1851  On this day in history stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40   

1861  On May - 24 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  On this day in history julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies   

1876  Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1879  William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73 on May - 24.   

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

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 May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

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

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

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