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  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.  

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

1512  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 on August - 02.  

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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  On August - 02 death of robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)  

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

1776  On August - 02 death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)  

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

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  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 August - 02.  

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on August - 02.  

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on August - 02.  

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

1869  Death of Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on August - 02.  

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1873  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on August - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

1881  On August - 02 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  On this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)  

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

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)  

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

1674  On this day in history 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  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.