Famous Deaths In July - 02

0783  On this day in history 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 July - 02.  

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

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

1656  On this day in history death of françois-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)  

1663  On this day in history thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64  

1674  On July - 02 death of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)  

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

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757) on July - 02.  

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 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 this day in history francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61  

1895  William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1914  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1581  On July - 02 birth of johann Staden, composer  

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

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on this day in history.