Famous Birthdays In August - 02

1455  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

1723  Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect was born on August - 02.   

1746  Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot was born on this day in history.   

1754  On August - 02 birth of pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC   

1775  On this day in history birth of jose Angel Lamas, composer   

1788  On August - 02 birth of leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853)   

1802  Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster was born on August - 02.   

1815  Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894) was born on this day in history.   

1818  [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major was born on August - 02.   

1826  William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 was born on this day in history.   

1828  On August - 02 birth of manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)   

1832  On August - 02 birth of henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)   

1834  Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) was born on August - 02.   

1834  On this day in history birth of isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist   

1835  On this day in history birth of elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)   

1854  Francis Marion Crawford, British author was born on August - 02.   

1858  On August - 02 birth of a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands   

1858  On this day in history birth of catherina van Rennes, composer   

1858  On this day in history birth of william Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest)   

1865  On this day in history birth of irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)   

1865  John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955) was born on this day in history.   

1867  Ernest C Dowson, British poet was born on this day in history.   

1868  Constantine I, king of Greece was born on this day in history.   

1871  On August - 02 birth of john French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951)   

1872  On this day in history birth of george E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)   

1875  Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957) was born on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history birth of aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)   

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0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on August - 02.   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

1075  On August - 02 john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)