Famous Deaths In July - 02

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

0936  On July - 02 henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1621  On July - 02 death of thomas Harriot, English astronomer  

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

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

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

1743  On this day in history spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies  

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

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66 on July - 02.  

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

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

1822  On this day in history death of denmark Vesey, & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC  

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  On July - 02 robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62  

1857  Death of Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818) on July - 02.  

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  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 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  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  On this day in history birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)  

1363  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on July - 02.  

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

1492  On July - 02 birth of elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)  

1581  On this day in history birth of johann Staden, composer  

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

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