Famous Deaths In July - 02

0783  On this day in history bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1582  On July - 02 death of akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)  

1591  Death of Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) on July - 02.  

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on July - 02.  

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

1644  On July - 02 death of william Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24  

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

1663  On July - 02 thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64  

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 this day in history lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77  

1708  On July - 02 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  On July - 02 death of thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)  

1778  On this day in history jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66  

1794  On July - 02 franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65  

1798  On July - 02 john Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies  

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  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88 on July - 02.  

1850  On this day in history robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62  

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

1861  On this day in history peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31  

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

1878  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1911  Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54 on July - 02.  

1912  Tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies on July - 02.  

1914  On July - 02 joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78  

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1029  On this day in history birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)  

1262  On July - 02 birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)  

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

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on July - 02.  

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 this day in history birth of daniel Speer, composer