Famous Deaths In July - 02

0783  On July - 02 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 this day in history.  

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on July - 02.  

1566  On July - 02 nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62  

1582  Death of Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) on July - 02.  

1591  Death of Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) on this day in history.  

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

1621  On this day in history death of thomas Harriot, English astronomer  

1644  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1674  On this day in history death of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)  

1684  On this day in history death of john Rogers, president of Harvard University (b. 1630)  

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 this day in history.  

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  On July - 02 jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66  

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

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

1843  On July - 02 samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88  

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

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

1861  Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28  

1878  On this day in history francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61  

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

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

1911  Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies  

1914  On this day in history joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78  

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1029  On July - 02 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 this day in history.  

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

1581  On July - 02 birth of johann Staden, composer  

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

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on July - 02.