Famous Deaths In July - 02

0783  On July - 02 bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies  

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

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

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on this day in history.  

1566  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1582  Death of Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) on this day in history.  

1591  On July - 02 death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)  

1619  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1663  Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1674  Death of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614) on July - 02.  

1684  Death of John Rogers, president of Harvard University (b. 1630) on July - 02.  

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

1708  Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies on July - 02.  

1743  Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies on this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history death of thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)  

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 this day in history.  

1822  Death of Denmark Vesey, & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC on this day in history.  

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

1843  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1850  Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1857  Death of Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818) on this day in history.  

1861  Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31 on July - 02.  

1863  On July - 02 stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28  

1878  Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1895  William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72 on July - 02.  

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

1911  On July - 02 felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54  

1912  Tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies on this day in history.  

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

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1029  Caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094) was born on this day in history.  

1262  Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.  

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

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on this day in history.  

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

1581  Johann Staden, composer was born on this day in history.  

1589  On July - 02 birth of guillaume van Messaus, composer  

1636  On July - 02 birth of daniel Speer, composer