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 this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex  

1002  On August - 02 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 August - 02.  

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.  

1511  Death of Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader on August - 02.  

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 August - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on August - 02.  

1792  On August - 02 nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60  

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

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

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

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

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

1859  Death of Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796) on this day in history.  

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 August - 02 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 this day in history death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

1889  Death of Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) on this day in history.  

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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  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter  

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

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

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