Famous Deaths Happened In January - 02
Friday, 02 January 2026
0017 On January - 02 publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies 

1512 Death of Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460) on this day in history. 

1514 On this day in history death of william Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460) 

1557 Death of Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494) on this day in history. 

1685 Death of Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603) on this day in history. 

1694 On this day in history death of henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651) 

1726 Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 on January - 02. 

1740 On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 

1763 On this day in history john Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72 

1780 On January - 02 johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66 

1789 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history. 

1790 Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies on January - 02. 

1801 Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59 on January - 02. 

1803 On this day in history ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69 

1861 On January - 02 frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 

1863 On this day in history roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 35 

1892 On this day in history george B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 

1893 Death of John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805) on this day in history. 

1904 On January - 02 james Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82 

1913 Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, Fr meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57 on January - 02. 

1915 On January - 02 karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84 

1917 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history. 

1918 Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42 on January - 02. 

1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Ger chancellor/PM (Prussia), dies at 64 on January - 02. 

1923 Death of Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK on January - 02. 

1924 On January - 02 death of sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834) 

1929 Erich Wichman[n], Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38 on this day in history. 

1936 On this day in history death of sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862) 

1937 Ross Alexander, actor (Capt Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 on January - 02. 

1939 On this day in history death of roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) 

1941 On this day in history mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 

1945 Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 on January - 02. 

1946 Joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies on January - 02. 

1950 Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65 on this day in history. 

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