Famous Deaths In August - 02
Thursday, 28 September 2023
0257 On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies
0640 Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.
0686 John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on August - 02.
0924 On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex
1002 On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64
1075 John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.
1100 On August - 02 death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44
1222 On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)
1511 On August - 02 death of andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader
1512 On this day in history alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48
1589 On this day in history death of henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37
1600 On August - 02 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 this day in history 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 On this day in history death of robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)
1769 On this day in history death of daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)
1776 On this day in history 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 On this day in history nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60
1799 On this day in history jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54
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 August - 02.
1827 James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on August - 02.
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 Death of Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796) on this day in history.
1869 Death of Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on this day in history.
1872 Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on August - 02.
1873 On this day in history 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 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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