Famous Deaths In May - 02

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

0649  On May - 02 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 May - 02.  

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  

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 this day in history 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  Death of Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500) on this day in history.  

1567  Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies on May - 02.  

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  On this day in history pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61  

1683  Death of Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613) on this day in history.  

1685  On May - 02 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 this day in history paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70  

1736  On this day in history albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71  

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

1802  On this day in history death of herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762)  

1810  On this day in history 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 May - 02 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  LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72  

1892  Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69 on May - 02.  

1897  On this day in history william Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63  

1919  Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies on May - 02.  

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

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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  On May - 02 birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)  

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 May - 02.  

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

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