Famous Deaths In November - 02

1083  On this day in history death of matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031)   

1171  On November - 02 baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies   

1285  Death of King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239) on November - 02.   

1327  On November - 02 death of king James II of Aragon (b. 1267)   

1483  Death of Henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49 on this day in history.   

1588  On November - 02 wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63   

1610  On November - 02 richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66   

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

1635  On November - 02 aurelio Signoretti, composer, dies at 68   

1697  Death of Constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried on this day in history.   

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

1717  On November - 02 johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies   

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

1781  Jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1807  On this day in history death of baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730)   

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

1852  On this day in history death of pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)   

1863  On this day in history 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  On this day in history cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer, dies at 61   

1884  On this day in history auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer, dies at 62   

1887  On this day in history jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67   

1898  Death of George Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826) on November - 02.   

1905  On November - 02 death of albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817)   

1909  On this day in history theodor W Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81   

1920  Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73 on November - 02.   

1925  Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65 on November - 02.   

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

1935  H B "Jock" Cameron, S Afr cricket capt (v England 1935, age 30), dies on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82   

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

1945  Death of Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880) on November - 02.   

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1082  Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135) was born on November - 02.   

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 November - 02 birth of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)   

1692  On this day in history birth of unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)   

1696  Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760) was born on November - 02.   

1699  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)