Famous Birthdays In October - 02

1452  On this day in history birth of king Richard III, of England (1483-85)  

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

1538  On this day in history birth of saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)  

1595  On this day in history birth of jacob Louys, Flemish engraver  

1616  A Gryphius, writer was born on October - 02.  

1644  On October - 02 birth of françois-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)  

1646  On October - 02 birth of guillaume Poitevin, composer  

1704  On this day in history birth of frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer  

1715  Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30) was born on this day in history.  

1722  On October - 02 birth of leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)  

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1737  Franz Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.  

1752  On October - 02 birth of samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)  

1756  Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist was born on October - 02.  

1756  On this day in history birth of josef Jawurek, composer  

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

1792  On October - 02 birth of philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer  

1800  On October - 02 birth of nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831)  

1809  Anton Emil Titl, composer was born on October - 02.  

1817  On this day in history birth of gunnar Wennerberg, composer  

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

1821  On October - 02 birth of alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army)  

1822  On this day in history birth of joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79)  

1827  Edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.  

1828  Charles Floquet, French statesman (d. 1896) was born on October - 02.  

1832  On October - 02 birth of edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist  

1832  On October - 02 birth of julius von Sachs, botanist/naturalist  

1833  On this day in history birth of rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (d. 1897)  

1835  Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian was born on October - 02.  

1839  On October - 02 birth of hans Thoma, painter  

1847  Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg, German president was born on October - 02.  

1851  Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I was born on October - 02.  

1852  On October - 02 birth of william Ramsay, chemist  

1857  Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902) was born on October - 02.  

1866  Charles de Souzy Ricketts, artist was born on October - 02.  

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0472  On this day in history olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies  

0939  On October - 02 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  On this day in history john Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37  

1559  On October - 02 death of jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)  

1564  On this day in history andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49  

1588  On October - 02 bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies