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  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.   

1408  On this day in history 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 May - 24.   

1543  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

1665  On May - 24 maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies   

1669  On May - 24 pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48   

1670  Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1751  On May - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

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 May - 24.   

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

1831  On this day in history benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62   

1843  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1879  On May - 24 william Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73   

1881  On May - 24 samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies   

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

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1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

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 May - 24.   

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