Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.  

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  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  On August - 02 john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies  

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.  

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)  

1511  On this day in history death of andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader  

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

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1589  Death of Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 on this day in history.  

1600  On this day in history arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70  

1611  On August - 02 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 August - 02.  

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1792  On this day in history nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60  

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 August - 02.  

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

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  On August - 02 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 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 August - 02 death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

1889  Death of Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) on August - 02.  

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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  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia  

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)