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 May - 02.  

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

0907  On May - 02 death of boris I of Bulgaria  

1230  Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on May - 02.  

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on May - 02.  

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.  

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 May - 02.  

1519  Leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67 on May - 02.  

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

1567  On this day in history marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies  

1627  Death of Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560) on this day in history.  

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

1669  On May - 02 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  On May - 02 death of adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried  

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

1727  Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70 on May - 02.  

1736  Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1799  Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1802  Death of Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762) on May - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  On May - 02 birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  

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

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 May - 02.  

1660  On May - 02 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 May - 02.