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 November - 02.   

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

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  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 November - 02.   

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

1635  On this day in history aurelio Signoretti, composer, dies at 68   

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

1716  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history death of baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730)   

1845  On November - 02 chretien Urhan, composer, dies at 55   

1852  On November - 02 death of pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)   

1863  Death of Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826) on this day in history.   

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 November - 02.   

1882  Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

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

1898  On November - 02 death of george Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826)   

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

1909  On November - 02 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  On this day in history death of princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880)   

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1082  On this day in history birth of emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)   

1475  On this day in history birth of princess Anne of York (d. 1511)   

1528  Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works) was born on November - 02.   

1636  On this day in history birth of edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)   

1667  On November - 02 birth of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)   

1692  On November - 02 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 November - 02 birth of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)