Famous Deaths In May - 02

0373  On May - 02 death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)  

0649  Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies on this day in history.  

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  

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

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

1488  Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies on this day in history.  

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1519  On this day in history leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67  

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

1567  Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies on this day in history.  

1627  On this day in history death of lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)  

1667  Death of George Wither, English writer (b. 1588) on this day in history.  

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  Death of Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried on May - 02.  

1711  Death of Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641) on May - 02.  

1727  On this day in history paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70  

1736  Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 on May - 02.  

1799  Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 on May - 02.  

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

1849  David H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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  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 May - 02.  

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)  

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

1660  On this day in history birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)  

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)  

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.