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

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

1483  On November - 02 death of henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49  

1588  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568)  

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

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

1716  Death of Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651) on this day in history.  

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

1807  Death of Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1875  On November - 02 death of jWW Birch, 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered  

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

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  Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67 on November - 02.  

1898  On this day in history 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 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 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 November - 02 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 November - 02 death of thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)  

1945  On November - 02 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 this day in history.  

1528  On this day in history birth of peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works)  

1636  On November - 02 birth of edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)  

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 this day in history.  

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)