Famous Deaths In July - 02

0783  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on this day in history.   

0936  Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies on this day in history.   

1298  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43   

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on July - 02.   

1566  On July - 02 nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62   

1582  Death of Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1591  On July - 02 death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)   

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on this day in history.   

1621  On July - 02 death of thomas Harriot, English astronomer   

1644  Death of William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24 on July - 02.   

1656  On July - 02 death of françois-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)   

1663  On July - 02 thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64   

1674  On this day in history death of eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)   

1684  On this day in history death of john Rogers, president of Harvard University (b. 1630)   

1700  On this day in history lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77   

1708  Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies on July - 02.   

1743  On this day in history spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies   

1746  On July - 02 death of thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)   

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1794  Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65 on July - 02.   

1798  John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies on this day in history.   

1822  Death of Denmark Vesey, & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC on this day in history.   

1833  Death of Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757) on July - 02.   

1843  Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88 on July - 02.   

1850  On this day in history robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62   

1857  Death of Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818) on July - 02.   

1861  On this day in history peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31   

1863  On this day in history stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28   

1878  Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1895  On July - 02 william Rockstro, composer, dies at 72   

1903  On this day in history death of ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867)   

1911  Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1912  On July - 02 tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies   

1914  Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78 on July - 02.   

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1029  On this day in history birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)   

1262  Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312) was born on July - 02.   

1363  Mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401) was born on July - 02.   

1489  On July - 02 birth of thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr   

1492  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)   

1581  On this day in history birth of johann Staden, composer   

1589  Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1636  Daniel Speer, composer was born on this day in history.