5_24 Events in History.

434 Historic Events for May 24

1696 Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62 Death
1697 English king Willem III travels through northern Europe Event
1726 -26] People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax Event
1736 Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer Birth
1738 Methodist Church forms Event
1738 George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820) Birth
1743 Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist Birth
1751 William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies Death
1751 Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802) Birth
1753 Oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington Birth

1754 Giacomo Conti, composer Birth
1762 Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51 Death
1767 Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer Birth
1773 Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73 Death
1781 Louis-Fran‡ois Dauprat, composer/horn player Birth
1792 Jakob M R Lenz, writer (That Soldier), dies Death
1792 George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies Death
1794 William Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science) Birth
1803 Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano Birth
1804 Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 Death
1807 Thomas Duncan, painter Birth
1807 Cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature Birth
1809 Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war Event
1810 Abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism Birth
1811 Charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 Birth