Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.   

0640  On August - 02 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  On August - 02 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  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  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 August - 02.   

1600  Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70 on August - 02.   

1611  Death of Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562) on this day in history.   

1649  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)   

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

1792  On August - 02 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 August - 02.   

1827  On August - 02 james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57   

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

1858  On this day in history 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  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  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  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

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

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

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

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

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

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.