Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on this day in history.   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

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

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)   

1511  On August - 02 death of andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader   

1512  On this day in history alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48   

1589  Death of Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 on this day in history.   

1600  Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

1611  On August - 02 death of kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)   

1649  Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on August - 02.   

1655  Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 on August - 02.   

1696  On August - 02 death of robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)   

1769  Death of Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689) on this day in history.   

1776  Death of Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

1788  On August - 02 thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61   

1792  Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on August - 02.   

1799  On this day in history jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54   

1811  On August - 02 william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80   

1815  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history death of lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)   

1827  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies   

1858  On August - 02 a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

1859  On August - 02 death of horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)   

1869  Death of Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on August - 02.   

1872  On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

1873  On this day in history frank Mori, composer, dies at 53   

1876  On August - 02 death of wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's   

1881  On August - 02 death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35   

1889  Death of Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) on August - 02.   

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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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

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)