Famous Deaths In July - 02

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on this day in history.  

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

1298  On July - 02 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  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  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 this day in history death of thomas Harriot, English astronomer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1708  Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies on this day in history.  

1743  Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies on July - 02.  

1746  Death of Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656) on this day in history.  

1778  On this day in history jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66  

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 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  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 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 this day in history.  

1878  On July - 02 francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61  

1895  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1914  Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 on July - 02.  

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

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on July - 02.  

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.