Famous Deaths In May - 02

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)  

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies  

0756  On May - 02 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  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.  

1450  On this day in history death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)  

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 May - 02 marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies  

1627  Death of Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560) on May - 02.  

1667  On May - 02 death of george Wither, English writer (b. 1588)  

1669  On May - 02 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  Death of Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641) on May - 02.  

1727  Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70 on May - 02.  

1736  On May - 02 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 May - 02.  

1810  Death of Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740) on this day in history.  

1818  On May - 02 herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55  

1819  Death of Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744) on this day in history.  

1845  On this day in history 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  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 May - 02 gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies  

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

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.  

1451  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)  

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

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.  

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)  

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)  

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