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 this day in history.   

1298  Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43 on July - 02.   

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

1591  Death of Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520) on July - 02.   

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on this day in history.   

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.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)   

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 July - 02 death of gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)   

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

1850  Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62 on July - 02.   

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 July - 02 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 this day in history tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies   

1914  Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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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  On this day in history birth of mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)   

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

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

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 July - 02 birth of daniel Speer, composer