Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.  

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  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  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 this day in history 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  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 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 August - 02 jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54  

1811  On this day in history william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80  

1815  On this day in history 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  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  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history 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  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1873  On August - 02 frank Mori, composer, dies at 53  

1876  On this day in history 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  Death of Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on this day in history.  

1889  On August - 02 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)  

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.  

1703  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)