Famous Deaths In November - 02

1083  Death of Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031) on November - 02.  

1171  On this day in history baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies  

1285  On November - 02 death of king Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)  

1327  Death of King James II of Aragon (b. 1267) on this day in history.  

1483  Death of Henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49 on November - 02.  

1588  Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63 on November - 02.  

1610  Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1618  Death of Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568) on November - 02.  

1635  Aurelio Signoretti, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1697  Death of Constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried on November - 02.  

1716  Death of Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651) on November - 02.  

1717  Johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1731  Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1781  On November - 02 jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78  

1804  Armand-Gaston Camus, French chairman of Council of 500, dies at 64 on November - 02.  

1807  Death of Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730) on November - 02.  

1845  Chretien Urhan, composer, dies at 55 on November - 02.  

1852  Death of Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782) on November - 02.  

1863  On November - 02 death of theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826)  

1875  On this day in history death of jWW Birch, 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered  

1877  Death of Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784) on this day in history.  

1882  Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer, dies at 61 on November - 02.  

1884  On November - 02 auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer, dies at 62  

1887  Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1898  Death of George Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826) on this day in history.  

1905  Death of Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817) on this day in history.  

1909  On November - 02 theodor W Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81  

1920  On this day in history andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73  

1925  On this day in history antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65  

1931  On this day in history arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47  

1935  On November - 02 h B "Jock" Cameron, S Afr cricket capt (v England 1935, age 30), dies  

1937  On November - 02 maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82  

1944  Death of Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889) on November - 02.  

1945  On this day in history death of princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880)  

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1082  Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135) was born on this day in history.  

1475  Princess Anne of York (d. 1511) was born on November - 02.  

1528  Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works) was born on this day in history.  

1636  Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.  

1667  On this day in history birth of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)  

1692  Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766) was born on November - 02.  

1696  Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760) was born on this day in history.  

1699  Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779) was born on November - 02.