Famous Deaths In May - 02

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

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on May - 02.  

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

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria  

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)  

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

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)  

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

1459  On this day in history pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies  

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

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1519  On this day in history leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67  

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  On May - 02 death of lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)  

1667  Death of George Wither, English writer (b. 1588) on this day in history.  

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

1683  Death of Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613) on this day in history.  

1685  On May - 02 death of adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried  

1711  Death of Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641) on May - 02.  

1727  On May - 02 paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70  

1736  Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 on May - 02.  

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

1802  Death of Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762) on May - 02.  

1810  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1845  August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1892  Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69 on May - 02.  

1897  William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies  

1927  On May - 02 death of ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866)  

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)  

1451  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.  

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

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.  

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on May - 02.  

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on May - 02.  

1702  On May - 02 birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)