Famous Deaths In July - 02

0783  On July - 02 bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies   

0936  Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies on this day in history.   

1298  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43   

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 this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)   

1619  On this day in history olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies   

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   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1708  On July - 02 willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies   

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

1746  On July - 02 death of thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)   

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

1794  Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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 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  On July - 02 death of carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818)   

1861  On July - 02 peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31   

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

1878  Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61 on July - 02.   

1895  On this day in history william Rockstro, composer, dies at 72   

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

1911  On July - 02 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 July - 02.   

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1029  On this day in history birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)   

1262  Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1363  On this day in history birth of mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)   

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  On July - 02 birth of johann Staden, composer   

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

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