Famous Deaths In May - 02

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.  

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies  

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on this day in history.  

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.  

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history.  

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.  

1459  Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies on May - 02.  

1488  Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies on this day in history.  

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1519  Leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67 on May - 02.  

1564  Death of Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500) on this day in history.  

1567  On this day in history marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies  

1627  Death of Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560) on this day in history.  

1667  Death of George Wither, English writer (b. 1588) on May - 02.  

1669  On this day in history pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61  

1683  On this day in history death of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)  

1685  Death of Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.  

1711  On this day in history death of laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)  

1727  On this day in history paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70  

1736  On this day in history albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71  

1799  On this day in history henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58  

1802  Death of Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762) on this day in history.  

1810  On May - 02 death of rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)  

1818  Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 on May - 02.  

1819  Death of Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744) on May - 02.  

1845  On May - 02 august Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48  

1849  David H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84 on May - 02.  

1857  LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies on May - 02.  

1864  Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 on May - 02.  

1892  On May - 02 wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69  

1897  On this day in history william Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63  

1919  Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies on May - 02.  

1927  Death of Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866) on this day in history.  

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1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)  

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.  

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on May - 02.  

1551  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)  

1601  On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)  

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)  

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.  

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on May - 02.