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

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

1230  On May - 02 death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)  

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.  

1300  On May - 02 death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)  

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

1459  On May - 02 pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies  

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

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1519  On May - 02 leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67  

1564  Death of Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500) on May - 02.  

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

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

1711  On May - 02 death of laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)  

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  Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1802  On May - 02 death of herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762)  

1810  Death of Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740) on May - 02.  

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

1819  On this day in history death of mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69  

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

1919  Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies on this day in history.  

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  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.  

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

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 02.  

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)