Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24
Saturday, 15 February 2025
1144 Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on May - 24.
1153 David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.
1351 Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on May - 24.
1408 On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)
1425 On this day in history death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
1456 On May - 24 death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
1543 On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland
1612 On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48
1665 On this day in history 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 Death of Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682) on this day in history.
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 William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies on this day in history.
1762 On May - 24 joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51
1773 Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1792 On May - 24 george Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies
1804 Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 on May - 24.
1806 Death of John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723) on May - 24.
1826 On May - 24 friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37
1831 On May - 24 benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62
1843 On this day in history death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)
1844 William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies on May - 24.
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 May - 24.
1861 On May - 24 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 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 Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies on May - 24.
1883 On May - 24 death of abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808)
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