Famous Birthdays In August - 02

1455  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)  

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)  

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter  

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)  

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.  

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.  

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia  

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)  

1723  On August - 02 birth of nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect  

1746  On August - 02 birth of joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot  

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1754  Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC was born on this day in history.  

1775  Jose Angel Lamas, composer was born on this day in history.  

1788  On this day in history birth of leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853)  

1802  On August - 02 birth of nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster  

1815  Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894) was born on August - 02.  

1818  [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major was born on August - 02.  

1826  On this day in history birth of william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902  

1828  On August - 02 birth of manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)  

1832  On this day in history birth of henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)  

1834  On this day in history birth of frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)  

1834  Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist was born on August - 02.  

1835  On this day in history birth of elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)  

1854  Francis Marion Crawford, British author was born on August - 02.  

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands was born on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history birth of catherina van Rennes, composer  

1858  On this day in history birth of william Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest)  

1865  Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism) was born on this day in history.  

1865  On August - 02 birth of john Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)  

1867  On this day in history birth of ernest C Dowson, British poet  

1868  Constantine I, king of Greece was born on August - 02.  

1871  On this day in history birth of john French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951)  

1872  George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946) was born on August - 02.  

1875  On this day in history birth of mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957)  

1878  On this day in history birth of aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)  

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

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.  

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies  

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.  

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.  

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  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.