Famous Deaths In May - 02

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)  

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 May - 02 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 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 May - 02.  

1459  Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies on May - 02.  

1488  Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies on May - 02.  

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

1564  On May - 02 death of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)  

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 May - 02.  

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 May - 02 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  On May - 02 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  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  Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 on May - 02.  

1819  Death of Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1919  On this day in history gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies  

1927  On May - 02 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  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.  

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)  

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.  

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