Famous Deaths In May - 02

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on May - 02.   

0649  On May - 02 maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies   

0756  On May - 02 death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)   

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria   

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1300  Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on May - 02.   

1450  On May - 02 death of william de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)   

1459  On May - 02 pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies   

1488  On this day in history jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies   

1519  On May - 02 leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67   

1564  Death of Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500) on May - 02.   

1567  Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history death of lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)   

1667  On May - 02 death of george Wither, English writer (b. 1588)   

1669  On May - 02 pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61   

1683  Death of Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613) on this day in history.   

1685  Death of Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried on May - 02.   

1711  Death of Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641) on May - 02.   

1727  On May - 02 paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70   

1736  On this day in history albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71   

1799  Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1802  Death of Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762) on May - 02.   

1810  On this day in history death of rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)   

1818  Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1819  Death of Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744) on May - 02.   

1845  August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 on May - 02.   

1849  On this day in history david H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84   

1857  LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies on this day in history.   

1864  Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69   

1897  On May - 02 william Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63   

1919  Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies on May - 02.   

1927  On May - 02 death of ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866)   

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1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on May - 02.   

1458  On May - 02 birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525)   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on May - 02.   

1601  On May - 02 birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  On May - 02 birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)   

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)