Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  On this day in history 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 August - 02.   

0924  On this day in history 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  On August - 02 john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.   

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)   

1511  Death of Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader on this day in history.   

1512  On this day in history alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48   

1589  Death of Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 on this day in history.   

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  Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on August - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1776  On August - 02 death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)   

1788  On August - 02 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  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  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on August - 02.   

1849  On August - 02 mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies   

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history 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  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  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  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

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

1627  On this day in history 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 August - 02.   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on August - 02.   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.