Famous Deaths In December - 02

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

1348  On December - 02 death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)  

1381  On this day in history death of john of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic  

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

1515  Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies on December - 02.  

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  Death of Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general on this day in history.  

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.  

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

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

1726  Death of Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665) on this day in history.  

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

1748  On December - 02 death of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662)  

1763  On December - 02 carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56  

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

1814  On this day in history marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74  

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  Death of Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768) on December - 02.  

1845  On December - 02 johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82  

1849  On December - 02 death of adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)  

1859  Death of John Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 on December - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1888  On December - 02 franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54  

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

1899  On December - 02 death of gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875)  

1903  Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50 on December - 02.  

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

1916  Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1918  On December - 02 margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38  

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1578  On this day in history birth of agostino Agazzari, composer  

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

1694  On December - 02 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  Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat was born on December - 02.  

1738  On this day in history birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)  

1754  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on this day in history.