Famous Deaths In August - 02

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

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies  

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies  

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

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.  

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

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

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

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

1649  On this day in history elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78  

1655  On August - 02 alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83  

1696  Death of Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630) on August - 02.  

1769  On August - 02 death of daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)  

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

1788  On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61  

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

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 August - 02 death of lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)  

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

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on this day in history.  

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

1859  On this day in history death of horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)  

1869  On August - 02 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  On this day in history frank Mori, composer, dies at 53  

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

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

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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 this day in history.  

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.  

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.  

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 this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia  

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.