Famous Deaths In May - 02

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

0649  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria  

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

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.  

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

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)  

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

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

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  Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 02.  

1683  On May - 02 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 May - 02.  

1736  Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

1802  On this day in history 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  Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1819  Death of Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744) on May - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

1864  Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 on May - 02.  

1892  On May - 02 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  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  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  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.  

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)  

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