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  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.  

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

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.  

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on August - 02.  

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia  

1703  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)  

1723  Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect was born on this day in history.  

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

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1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC  

1775  Jose Angel Lamas, composer was born on August - 02.  

1788  Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) was born on August - 02.  

1802  On this day in history 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  William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 was born on this day in history.  

1828  Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895) was born on this day in history.  

1832  Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society) was born on this day in history.  

1834  On August - 02 birth of frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)  

1834  On August - 02 birth of isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist  

1835  Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 02 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  John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955) was born on August - 02.  

1867  On August - 02 birth of ernest C Dowson, British poet  

1868  On August - 02 birth of constantine I, king of Greece  

1871  John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.  

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

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0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies  

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies  

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on August - 02.  

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.  

1002  On August - 02 abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64  

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.  

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.