Famous Deaths In August - 02

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

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

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies  

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex  

1002  On August - 02 abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64  

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.  

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  On this day in history death of andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader  

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

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

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

1611  Death of Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562) on August - 02.  

1649  On August - 02 elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78  

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

1696  Death of Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630) on this day in history.  

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 August - 02.  

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

1792  Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

1811  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1815  On August - 02 death of guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763)  

1823  Death of Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753) on this day in history.  

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

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on August - 02.  

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

1859  Death of Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796) on August - 02.  

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  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1881  Death of Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on this day in history.  

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

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)  

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.  

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.  

1672  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)  

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.  

1696  On August - 02 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.