Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.   

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  On August - 02 death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)   

1511  On this day in history death of andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader   

1512  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1589  Death of Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 on August - 02.   

1600  On this day in history arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70   

1611  Death of Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562) on August - 02.   

1649  Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on August - 02.   

1655  Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1696  Death of Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630) on August - 02.   

1769  On August - 02 death of daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)   

1776  On this day in history death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)   

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1792  Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1799  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on August - 02.   

1811  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on August - 02.   

1815  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on this day in history.   

1823  On August - 02 death of lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)   

1827  On August - 02 james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57   

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

1859  Death of Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796) on August - 02.   

1869  On this day in history death of alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+   

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1873  On August - 02 frank Mori, composer, dies at 53   

1876  On August - 02 death of wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's   

1881  Death of Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on August - 02.   

1889  On August - 02 death of eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.