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  Death of William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) on this day in history.  

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

1685  Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on January - 02.  

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

1726  On January - 02 domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37  

1740  Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on January - 02.  

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  

1789  On January - 02 franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68  

1790  Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies on this day in history.  

1801  On this day in history johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59  

1803  Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69 on January - 02.  

1861  Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on January - 02.  

1863  On this day in history roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35  

1892  George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1893  Death of John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805) on this day in history.  

1904  James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1913  Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1918  Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1921  Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64 on January - 02.  

1923  Death of Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK on January - 02.  

1924  On this day in history death of sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834)  

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

1936  Death of Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862) on this day in history.  

1937  Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 on January - 02.  

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

1941  On this day in history mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42  

1945  Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 on January - 02.  

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

1950  On January - 02 emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65  

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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 January - 02.  

1699  Osman III, sultan (Turkey) was born on this day in history.  

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 January - 02.  

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

1732  Franz Xaver Brixi, composer was born on January - 02.