Famous Deaths In May - 02

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

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

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on May - 02.   

0907  Death of Boris I of Bulgaria on May - 02.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1459  Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1488  Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies on May - 02.   

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

1564  On May - 02 death of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)   

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 May - 02.   

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

1669  Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1685  On this day in history death of adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried   

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

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 May - 02 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  On this day in history death of mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)   

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

1849  On this day in history 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 May - 02.   

1897  William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63 on May - 02.   

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

1927  On this day in history 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 May - 02.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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