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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    May 24 1522

    John Jewel English bishop born in Buden Devon England (d. 1571)

    May 24 1544

    William Gilbert English physician and physicist (researcher into magnetism) born in Colchester England (d. 1603)

    May 24 1605

    Nikon [Nikita Minin] patriarch of Russian-orthodox church born in Veldemanovo Russia (d. 1681)

    May 24 1610

    Giovanni Battista Chinelli Italian composer born in Moletolo Parma Italy (d. 1677)

    May 24 1616

    John Maitland 1st Duke of Lauderdale born in Lethington Castle East Lothian Scotland (d. 1682)

    May 24 1619

    Philips Wouwerman Dutch painter born in Haarlem Netherlands (d. 1668)

    May 24 1671

    Gian Gastone de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany born in Pitti Palace Florence Tuscany (d. 1737)

    May 24 1677

    Alexandre de Villeneuve French composer born in Hyres France (d. 1756)

    May 24 1689

    Daniel Finch 8th Earl of Winchilsea English politician (d. 1769)

    May 24 1736

    Juan de Ses y Balaguer Aragonese composer born in Calanda Aragon Spain (d. 1801)

    May 24 1751

    Charles Emanuel IV King of Sardinia (1796-1802) born in Turin (d. 1819)

    May 24 1753

    Oliver Cromwell decorated African American soldier who served with Washington in US War of Independence born in Burlington New Jersey

    May 24 1754

    Giacomo Conti Italian composer born in Milan Italy (d. 1805)

    May 24 1767

    Josef Schnabel German composer born in Naumburg am Queis Silesia (d. 1831)

    May 24 1767

    Ferdinand Franzl German composer born in Schwetzingen (d. 1833)

    May 24 1781

    Louis Franois Dauprat French composer and horn player born in Paris (d. 1868)

    May 24 1794

    William Whewell English polymath and philosopher (History of Inductive Science) born in Lancaster Lancashire England (d. 1866)

    May 24 1803

    Charles Lucien Bonaparte French prince of Canino and Musignano born in Paris (d. 1857)

    May 24 1803

    Alexander von Nordmann Finnish zoologist born in Kotka Finland (d. 1866)

    May 24 1807

    Cornelis Eliza van Koetsveld Dutch writer and preacher born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1893)

    May 24 1810

    Abraham Geiger German theologian and leader of Reform Judaism born in Frankfurt Germany (d. 1874)

    May 24 1811

    Charles Clark Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Lebanon Ohio (d. 1877)

    May 24 1816

    Emanuel Leutze American painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware) born in Schwbisch Gmnd Wrttemberg German Confederation (d. 1868)

    May 24 1816

    Robert Seaman Granger American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Zanesville Ohio (d. 1894)

    May 24 1830

    Alexei Savrasov Russian painter born in Moscow Russia (d. 1897)

    May 24 1831

    Richard Hoffman English-American composer born in Manchester England (d. 1909)

    May 24 1836

    Joseph Rowntree British social reformer born in York England (d. 1925)

    May 24 1838

    Paul Laband German lawyer born in Wrocaw Poland (d. 1918)

    May 24 1840

    Frederick Walker British social realist painter born in London (d. 1875)

    May 24 1841

    Charles Napier Hemy British painter born in Newcastle England (d. 1917)

    May 24 1841

    Tito Mattei Italian pianist and composer born in Campobasso Italy (d. 1914)

    May 24 1850

    Ernest Albert Waterlow English water-color painter born in London (d. 1919)

    May 24 1852

    Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham Scottish politician born in London (d. 1936)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    May 24 1086 Abbott DauferioDesiderius becomes Pope Victor III

    May 24 1276 Magnus Laduls is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral

    May 24 1300 King Philip IV occupies Flanders Earl Gwijde captured

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