Famous Deaths In May - 02

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on May - 02.  

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  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria  

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history.  

1250  On May - 02 death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1300  On May - 02 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 May - 02.  

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

1488  On May - 02 jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies  

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

1564  On this day in history death of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)  

1567  On May - 02 marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies  

1627  On May - 02 death of lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)  

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

1669  Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61 on May - 02.  

1683  Death of Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613) on May - 02.  

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  Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1819  On May - 02 death of mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)  

1845  August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 on May - 02.  

1849  On May - 02 david H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84  

1857  On May - 02 lC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies  

1864  On May - 02 giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72  

1892  Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1919  On May - 02 gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies  

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

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.  

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

1458  On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)  

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

1601  On May - 02 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 this day in history.