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 this day in history death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)  

1557  On January - 02 death of pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)  

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  Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on January - 02.  

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

1763  On January - 02 john Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72  

1780  On this day in history 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  Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1863  Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 on January - 02.  

1892  On this day in history george B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90  

1893  On January - 02 death of john Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805)  

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

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  On this day in history edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84  

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

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

1929  Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38 on January - 02.  

1936  Death of Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862) on January - 02.  

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 January - 02.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Bacon, leader of Bacon's Rebellion, Va (1676)  

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

1713  On this day in history birth of marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)  

1719  On this day in history birth of jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)  

1727  On this day in history birth of james Wolfe, commanded British Army (captured Quebec)  

1728  On January - 02 birth of louis Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium  

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