Famous Deaths In August - 02

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

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

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

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 August - 02.   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.   

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

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.   

1511  On this day in history death of andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader   

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

1589  Death of Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 on August - 02.   

1600  On August - 02 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  Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83   

1696  On August - 02 death of robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)   

1769  Death of Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689) on this day in history.   

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

1788  On August - 02 thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61   

1792  On this day in history nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60   

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

1811  On this day in history william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80   

1815  On this day in history 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  On August - 02 james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57   

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

1858  On August - 02 a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

1859  On August - 02 death of horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)   

1869  Death of Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on August - 02.   

1872  On August - 02 judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

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  On August - 02 death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35   

1889  On August - 02 death of eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)   

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

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

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

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

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

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.