Famous Deaths In August - 02

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.   

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

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.   

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

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

1512  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 on August - 02.   

1589  On August - 02 death of henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37   

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 August - 02.   

1649  On this day in history elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78   

1655  On August - 02 alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83   

1696  Death of Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1792  On August - 02 nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60   

1799  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on August - 02.   

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

1815  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on this day in history.   

1823  Death of Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753) on August - 02.   

1827  On this day in history james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57   

1849  On August - 02 mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies   

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on August - 02.   

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

1869  On August - 02 death of alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+   

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1873  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on August - 02.   

1876  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 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

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

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

1672  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

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

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on August - 02.   

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)