Events on 24 May 49
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The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
Year 1487
The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
Year 1595
Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
Year 1607
100 English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first English colony in America.
Year 1667
The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
Year 1683
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 19
Birthdays on 24 May 170
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Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary
b. 1335 – d. 1349
Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (d. 1349)
Pontormo
b. 1494 – d. 1557
Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
John Jewel
b. 1522 – d. 1571
John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
William Gilbert (astronomer)
b. 1544 – d. 1603
William Gilbert, English physician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1603)
Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley
b. 1576 – d. 1635
Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley, English courtier (d. 1635)
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale
b. 1616 – d. 1682
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland (d. 1682)
Marek Sobieski (1628-1652)
b. 1628 – d. 1652
Marek Sobieski, Polish noble (d. 1652)
Emerentia von Düben
b. 1669 – d. 1743
Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite (d. 1743)
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
b. 1671 – d. 1737
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
b. 1686 – d. 1736
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (b. 1686)
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea
b. 1689 – d. 1769
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
Jean-Paul Marat
b. 1743 – d. 1793
Jean-Paul Marat, French physician and theorist (b. 1743)
Deaths on 24 May 87
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Ségéne
d. 688
Ségéne, bishop of Armagh (b. c. 610)
Lanfranc
d. 1089
Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury
Hugues de Payens
d. 1136
Hugues de Payens, first Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1070)
David I of Scotland
d. 1153 (b. 1083)
David I of Scotland (b. 1083)
Theobald III, Count of Champagne
d. 1201 (b. 1179)
Theobald III, Count of Champagne (b. 1179)
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman
d. 1351 (b. 1297)
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (b. 1297)
Taejo of Joseon
d. 1408 (b. 1335)
Taejo of Joseon (b. 1335)
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Ambroise de Loré
d. 1456 (b. 1396)
Ambroise de Loré, French commander (b. 1396)
Nicolaus Copernicus
d. 1543 (b. 1473)
Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1473)
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
d. 1612 (b. 1563)
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Secretary of State for England (d. 1612)
Luis de Góngora
d. 1627 (b. 1561)
Luis de Góngora, Spanish cleric and poet (d. 1627)
Robert Hues
d. 1632 (b. 1553)
Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)