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 this day in history.   

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

1463  Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies on December - 02.   

1515  On this day in history gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies   

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

1592  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588)   

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

1719  Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85 on December - 02.   

1723  On this day in history philip, French duke of Orleans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies   

1726  On December - 02 death of samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665)   

1747  Death of Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695) on December - 02.   

1748  Death of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662) on December - 02.   

1763  Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56 on December - 02.   

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 December - 02.   

1828  On December - 02 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  On December - 02 death of adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)   

1859  On December - 02 death of john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

1860  Death of Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

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

1880  Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65 on December - 02.   

1888  Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54 on December - 02.   

1892  Death of Jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836) on this day in history.   

1899  Death of Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875) on December - 02.   

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

1915  On this day in history jan Malat, composer, dies at 72   

1916  On this day in history francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69   

1918  Margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38 on December - 02.   

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1578  On December - 02 birth of agostino Agazzari, composer   

1678  On this day in history birth of nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)   

1694  On this day in history birth of william Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)   

1703  On this day in history 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  Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775) was born on December - 02.   

1754  On this day in history birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)