Famous Deaths In August - 02

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

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

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 August - 02.   

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

1512  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 02.   

1769  On this day in history death of daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)   

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  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 August - 02 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 this day in history.   

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  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 August - 02.   

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

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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 this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

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 August - 02.