Famous Deaths In November - 02

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

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

1285  On this day in history death of king Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)  

1327  Death of King James II of Aragon (b. 1267) on November - 02.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1697  On November - 02 death of constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried  

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1716  On November - 02 death of engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651)  

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

1731  On this day in history johann Matthias Leffloth, composer, dies at 26  

1781  On this day in history jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78  

1804  On November - 02 armand-Gaston Camus, French chairman of Council of 500, dies at 64  

1807  On November - 02 death of baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730)  

1845  On this day in history chretien Urhan, composer, dies at 55  

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  Death of JWW Birch, 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered on November - 02.  

1877  On November - 02 death of friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)  

1882  On this day in history cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer, dies at 61  

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  On this day in history death of george Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826)  

1905  On this day in history death of albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817)  

1909  Theodor W Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1920  Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1931  Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47 on November - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1475  Princess Anne of York (d. 1511) was born on this day in history.  

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 November - 02.  

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  On November - 02 birth of conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760)  

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