Famous Deaths In December - 02

0537  On December - 02 sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies  

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

1515  On December - 02 gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies  

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

1592  Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1615  Death of Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general on this day in history.  

1665  Death of Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588) on this day in history.  

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

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1719  Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1723  On December - 02 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  Death of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662) on December - 02.  

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 December - 02.  

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

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 December - 02.  

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

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

1849  On this day in history death of adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)  

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

1860  On this day in history death of alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)  

1864  On December - 02 archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31  

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

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

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

1915  On December - 02 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 December - 02 birth of agostino Agazzari, composer  

1678  On December - 02 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  Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759) was born on December - 02.  

1710  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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