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  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on August - 02.   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

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 August - 02 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 this day in history.   

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 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  Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

1655  Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 on August - 02.   

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  On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61   

1792  Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on August - 02.   

1799  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on August - 02.   

1811  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on August - 02.   

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  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1858  On August - 02 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 this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

1873  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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 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 August - 02.   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1672  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.