Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.  

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

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies  

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

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)  

1511  Death of Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader on this day in history.  

1512  On August - 02 alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48  

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1589  On this day in history death of henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37  

1600  On this day in history arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70  

1611  On this day in history 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  On this day in history alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83  

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 August - 02.  

1776  Death of Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717) on August - 02.  

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1792  On this day in history nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60  

1799  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on August - 02.  

1811  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on August - 02.  

1815  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on August - 02.  

1823  Death of Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753) on August - 02.  

1827  On this day in history james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57  

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

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

1869  On this day in history death of alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+  

1872  On August - 02 judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59  

1873  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on August - 02.  

1876  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 on August - 02.  

1881  On this day in history death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

1889  On this day in history death of eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)  

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1455  On August - 02 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 August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter  

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)  

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  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)