Famous Deaths In August - 02

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

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78   

1655  On August - 02 alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83   

1696  On this day in history 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 August - 02 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 August - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 August - 02 death of horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)   

1869  On this day in history death of alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+   

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on August - 02.   

1873  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1889  On August - 02 death of eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)   

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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  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On this day in history 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  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

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.