Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  On this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)   

1511  Death of Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader on August - 02.   

1512  On August - 02 alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48   

1589  Death of Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70   

1611  Death of Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562) on this day in history.   

1649  Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on August - 02.   

1655  Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 on August - 02.   

1696  On this day in history death of robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)   

1769  On this day in history death of daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)   

1776  On August - 02 death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)   

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on August - 02.   

1792  Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1799  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1811  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1815  On August - 02 death of guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763)   

1823  Death of Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753) on this day in history.   

1827  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on August - 02.   

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on this day in history.   

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1859  Death of Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796) on August - 02.   

1869  Death of Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on this day in history.   

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on August - 02.   

1873  On August - 02 frank Mori, composer, dies at 53   

1876  On this day in history death of wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's   

1881  Death of Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on this day in history.   

1889  Death of Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) on August - 02.   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on August - 02.   

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

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

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On this day in history 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.