Famous Deaths In July - 02

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on July - 02.  

0936  Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies on this day in history.  

1298  On July - 02 adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43  

1504  On July - 02 stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies  

1566  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on July - 02.  

1582  On this day in history death of akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)  

1591  Death of Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) on this day in history.  

1619  On July - 02 olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies  

1621  Death of Thomas Harriot, English astronomer on this day in history.  

1644  Death of William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 on this day in history.  

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1656  Death of François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611) on July - 02.  

1663  Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64 on July - 02.  

1674  Death of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614) on this day in history.  

1684  On July - 02 death of john Rogers, president of Harvard University (b. 1630)  

1700  On July - 02 lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77  

1708  On this day in history willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies  

1743  On July - 02 spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies  

1746  Death of Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656) on July - 02.  

1778  On July - 02 jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66  

1794  Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65 on July - 02.  

1798  John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies on July - 02.  

1822  Death of Denmark Vesey, & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC on July - 02.  

1833  On July - 02 death of gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)  

1843  On this day in history samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88  

1850  Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62 on July - 02.  

1857  On this day in history death of carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818)  

1861  Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

1863  Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28 on July - 02.  

1878  On July - 02 francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61  

1895  On this day in history william Rockstro, composer, dies at 72  

1903  Death of Ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867) on July - 02.  

1911  On this day in history felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54  

1912  On this day in history tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies  

1914  Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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1029  Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) was born on July - 02.  

1262  Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) was born on July - 02.  

1363  On this day in history birth of mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)  

1489  On this day in history birth of thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr  

1492  Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495) was born on July - 02.  

1581  Johann Staden, composer was born on July - 02.  

1589  Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born on this day in history.  

1636  On July - 02 birth of daniel Speer, composer