Famous Deaths In November - 02

1083  Death of Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031) on this day in history.  

1171  Baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies on this day in history.  

1285  Death of King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239) on this day in history.  

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 November - 02.  

1588  Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

1618  On November - 02 death of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568)  

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

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

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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  On November - 02 johann Matthias Leffloth, composer, dies at 26  

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

1804  Armand-Gaston Camus, French chairman of Council of 500, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

1845  Chretien Urhan, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1852  Death of Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782) on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history death of theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826)  

1875  Death of JWW Birch, 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered on this day in history.  

1877  On this day in history death of friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)  

1882  On November - 02 cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer, dies at 61  

1884  Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1909  Theodor W Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81 on November - 02.  

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

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

1931  On November - 02 arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47  

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

1937  Maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1944  On this day in history death of thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)  

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 this day in history.  

1667  James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.  

1692  On November - 02 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 this day in history.  

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