Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies  

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies  

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies  

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.  

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.  

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44  

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.  

1511  Death of Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader on August - 02.  

1512  On this day in history alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48  

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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 August - 02.  

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  On August - 02 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  Death of Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689) on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1815  On August - 02 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  On this day in history james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57  

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

1858  On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76  

1859  On August - 02 death of horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)  

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

1872  On August - 02 judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59  

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

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  Death of Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on August - 02.  

1889  Death of Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) on this day in history.  

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)  

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)  

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.  

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)  

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 02.  

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.