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

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex  

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 August - 02.  

1100  On August - 02 death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44  

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  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)  

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  On this day in history 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  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  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1827  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on August - 02.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1872  On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59  

1873  On this day in history 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  On August - 02 death of eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)  

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.  

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  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  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 this day in history.