Famous Deaths In July - 02

0783  On this day in history 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  Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 on this day in history.  

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

1566  On this day in history nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62  

1582  On July - 02 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  Death of Thomas Harriot, English astronomer on July - 02.  

1644  Death of William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 on July - 02.  

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1656  On July - 02 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  On July - 02 death of john Rogers, president of Harvard University (b. 1630)  

1700  Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77 on July - 02.  

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  On July - 02 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 this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)  

1843  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88 on July - 02.  

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

1895  On July - 02 william Rockstro, composer, dies at 72  

1903  On this day in history death of ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867)  

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  Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 on July - 02.  

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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  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on this day in history.  

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

1492  Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.  

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

1589  On this day in history birth of guillaume van Messaus, composer  

1636  On this day in history birth of daniel Speer, composer