Famous Deaths Happened In May - 02

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

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

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on May - 02.   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

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 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 May - 02.   

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

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 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 May - 02.   

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 May - 02.   

1685  Death of Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On May - 02 august Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48   

1849  On this day in history david H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84   

1857  On this day in history lC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies   

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

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

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

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  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on May - 02.   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

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  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

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.