Famous Birthdays In August - 02

1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 August - 02.   

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

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.   

1723  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect   

1746  On this day in history birth of joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot   

1754  On August - 02 birth of pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC   

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

1788  On August - 02 birth of leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853)   

1802  Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster was born on August - 02.   

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

1818  On this day in history birth of [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major   

1826  William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 was born on August - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1834  Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) was born on August - 02.   

1834  Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist was born on this day in history.   

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  Catherina van Rennes, composer was born on this day in history.   

1858  William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest) was born on August - 02.   

1865  Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism) was born on August - 02.   

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

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

1868  On this day in history 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 August - 02.   

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

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  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.