Famous Birthdays In August - 02

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

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

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

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.  

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)  

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)  

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.  

1703  On this day in history 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 August - 02.  

1775  On August - 02 birth of jose Angel Lamas, composer  

1788  Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.  

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

1815  On August - 02 birth of adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)  

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  Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895) was born on August - 02.  

1832  Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society) was born on August - 02.  

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

1834  On this day in history birth of isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist  

1835  On August - 02 birth of elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)  

1854  On this day in history birth of francis Marion Crawford, British author  

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

1858  On August - 02 birth of catherina van Rennes, composer  

1858  On August - 02 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  John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955) was born on this day in history.  

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  John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951) was born on August - 02.  

1872  George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.  

1875  On August - 02 birth of mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957)  

1878  Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales) was born on this day in history.  

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0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.  

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on this day in history.  

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.  

0924  On this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex  

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1075  On August - 02 john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies  

1100  On this day in history 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 this day in history.