Famous Birthdays In October - 02

1452  King Richard III, of England (1483-85) was born on October - 02.  

1470  On this day in history birth of isabella of Naples, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)  

1538  Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.  

1595  On October - 02 birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver  

1616  On October - 02 birth of a Gryphius, writer  

1644  François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.  

1646  On October - 02 birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer  

1704  Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer was born on October - 02.  

1715  On October - 02 birth of peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30)  

1722  On this day in history birth of leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)  

1737  On this day in history birth of franz Schneider, composer  

1752  Samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin) was born on this day in history.  

1756  On this day in history birth of jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist  

1756  Josef Jawurek, composer was born on this day in history.  

1768  William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (d. 1854) was born on October - 02.  

1792  Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer was born on this day in history.  

1800  Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831) was born on this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history birth of anton Emil Titl, composer  

1817  Gunnar Wennerberg, composer was born on October - 02.  

1819  On October - 02 birth of george Washington Getty, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901  

1821  On this day in history birth of alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army)  

1822  Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79) was born on this day in history.  

1827  On this day in history birth of edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883  

1828  Charles Floquet, French statesman (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

1832  Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist was born on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history birth of julius von Sachs, botanist/naturalist  

1833  Rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (d. 1897) was born on this day in history.  

1835  On October - 02 birth of louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian  

1839  On October - 02 birth of hans Thoma, painter  

1847  On October - 02 birth of paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg, German president  

1851  On October - 02 birth of ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I  

1852  William Ramsay, chemist was born on October - 02.  

1857  On October - 02 birth of marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902)  

1866  On October - 02 birth of charles de Souzy Ricketts, artist  

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0472  On October - 02 olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies  

0939  On this day in history death of giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49  

1113  Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies on October - 02.  

1264  Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies on this day in history.  

1517  John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 on October - 02.  

1559  Death of Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483) on this day in history.  

1564  Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies