Famous Deaths Happened 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 May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

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

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

1488  On this day in history 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 May - 02.   

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

1667  Death of George Wither, English writer (b. 1588) on May - 02.   

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 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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies on this day in history.   

1864  Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69   

1897  William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1927  Death of Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866) on May - 02.   

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1360  On May - 02 birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

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