Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies  

0640  On August - 02 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 this day in history.  

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  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 August - 02.  

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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 this day in history.  

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  Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1696  On this day in history death of robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)  

1769  Death of Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689) on August - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

1792  Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on August - 02.  

1823  Death of Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753) on August - 02.  

1827  On this day in history james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57  

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  Death of Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on August - 02.  

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1876  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 on August - 02.  

1881  On this day in history death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

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  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.  

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

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 02.  

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 this day in history.