Famous Deaths Happened In December - 02

0537  Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies on December - 02.   

1348  Death of Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297) on December - 02.   

1381  Death of John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic on December - 02.   

1463  On December - 02 albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies   

1515  Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies on this day in history.   

1552  Death of Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506) on December - 02.   

1592  On December - 02 alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46   

1615  On December - 02 death of louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general   

1665  Death of Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588) on December - 02.   

1694  Death of Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622) on December - 02.   

1719  On this day in history pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85   

1723  Philip, French duke of Orleans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies on December - 02.   

1726  On this day in history death of samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665)   

1747  On December - 02 death of vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695)   

1748  On this day in history death of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662)   

1763  Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1774  Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1814  Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39   

1831  Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1844  On December - 02 death of eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)   

1845  Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1849  Death of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) on December - 02.   

1859  On this day in history death of john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

1860  Death of Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796) on December - 02.   

1864  Archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31 on December - 02.   

1880  On December - 02 josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65   

1888  On this day in history franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54   

1892  On December - 02 death of jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836)   

1899  On this day in history death of gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875)   

1903  On December - 02 victor Roger, composer, dies at 50   

1915  Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72 on December - 02.   

1916  Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69 on December - 02.   

1918  Margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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1578  Agostino Agazzari, composer was born on December - 02.   

1678  Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer) was born on December - 02.   

1694  William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on December - 02.   

1703  On December - 02 birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on December - 02.   

1728  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat   

1738  On December - 02 birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)   

1754  On December - 02 birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)