Famous Deaths In July - 02

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on July - 02.  

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

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 July - 02.  

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

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

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  Death of Thomas Harriot, English astronomer on this day in history.  

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

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1656  Death of François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611) on this day in history.  

1663  Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64 on July - 02.  

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  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 July - 02 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 July - 02 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 July - 02 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  On July - 02 stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28  

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  On this day in history felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54  

1912  On July - 02 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  On July - 02 birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)  

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  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  Johann Staden, composer was born on July - 02.  

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

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