Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies  

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies  

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies  

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.  

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

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.  

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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  On August - 02 death of kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)  

1649  Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on August - 02.  

1655  Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1696  Death of Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630) on August - 02.  

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  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  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1815  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on this day in history.  

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 August - 02.  

1869  Death of Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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