Famous Birthdays In August - 02

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

1533  On this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)  

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.  

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.  

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

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)  

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

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.  

1723  Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect was born on August - 02.  

1746  Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot was born on August - 02.  

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

1775  On this day in history birth of jose Angel Lamas, composer  

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  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 this day in history.  

1828  Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895) was born on August - 02.  

1832  On August - 02 birth of henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)  

1834  Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1854  On August - 02 birth of francis Marion Crawford, British author  

1858  On this day in history birth of a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands  

1858  On this day in history 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  On August - 02 birth of john Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)  

1867  Ernest C Dowson, British poet was born on August - 02.  

1868  Constantine I, king of Greece was born on this day in history.  

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

1872  On this day in history birth of george E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)  

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

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

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  On August - 02 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 this day in history.