Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.  

0640  On this day in history 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 August - 02.  

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  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.  

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.  

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

1512  On August - 02 alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48  

1589  On August - 02 death of henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37  

1600  On this day in history arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70  

1611  Death of Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562) on this day in history.  

1649  On August - 02 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 August - 02 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 this day in history.  

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

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  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on this day in history.  

1823  On August - 02 death of lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)  

1827  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1849  On this day in history mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies  

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

1859  On this day in history death of horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)  

1869  On August - 02 death of alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+  

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 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  On August - 02 death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

1889  On this day in history death of eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)  

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)  

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia  

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)