Famous Deaths In January - 02

0017  On this day in history publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies  

1512  On this day in history death of svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)  

1514  On January - 02 death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)  

1557  Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on this day in history.  

1685  On January - 02 death of harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)  

1694  On January - 02 death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)  

1726  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1740  On January - 02 johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63  

1763  John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1780  On January - 02 johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66  

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1789  On this day in history franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68  

1790  On this day in history joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies  

1801  Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59 on January - 02.  

1803  On this day in history ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69  

1861  On January - 02 frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65  

1863  Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 on this day in history.  

1892  On January - 02 george B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90  

1893  Death of John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805) on January - 02.  

1904  On this day in history james Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82  

1913  On January - 02 leon P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57  

1915  On January - 02 karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84  

1917  Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on January - 02.  

1918  On January - 02 sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42  

1921  On January - 02 theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64  

1923  Death of Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK on this day in history.  

1924  Death of Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834) on January - 02.  

1929  On this day in history erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38  

1936  On January - 02 death of sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862)  

1937  Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1939  Death of Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) on this day in history.  

1941  On January - 02 mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42  

1945  On this day in history betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61  

1946  On this day in history joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies  

1950  Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65 on January - 02.  

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1642  Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey) was born on January - 02.  

1647  Nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676) was born on this day in history.  

1699  On January - 02 birth of osman III, sultan (Turkey)  

1713  On January - 02 birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)  

1719  On January - 02 birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)  

1727  James Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec) was born on this day in history.  

1728  On this day in history birth of louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium  

1732  On January - 02 birth of franz Xaver Brixi, composer