Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  On August - 02 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 August - 02.  

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  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.  

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.  

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)  

1511  On this day in history 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 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  Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on August - 02.  

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  Death of Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717) on August - 02.  

1788  On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61  

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

1799  On August - 02 jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54  

1811  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on August - 02.  

1815  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on this day in history.  

1823  On this day in history death of lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)  

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

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on August - 02.  

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on August - 02.  

1859  On August - 02 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 August - 02.  

1873  On August - 02 frank Mori, composer, dies at 53  

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 August - 02.  

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

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on August - 02.  

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.