Famous Deaths In November - 02

1083  Death of Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031) on this day in history.   

1171  On this day in history baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies   

1285  Death of King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239) on November - 02.   

1327  Death of King James II of Aragon (b. 1267) on November - 02.   

1483  Death of Henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49 on this day in history.   

1588  Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66   

1618  On November - 02 death of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568)   

1635  Aurelio Signoretti, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1697  Death of Constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried on this day in history.   

1716  Death of Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651) on this day in history.   

1717  Johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies on November - 02.   

1731  On this day in history johann Matthias Leffloth, composer, dies at 26   

1781  On this day in history jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78   

1804  On November - 02 armand-Gaston Camus, French chairman of Council of 500, dies at 64   

1807  Death of Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730) on this day in history.   

1845  Chretien Urhan, composer, dies at 55 on November - 02.   

1852  On this day in history death of pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)   

1863  On this day in history death of theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826)   

1875  Death of JWW Birch, 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered on this day in history.   

1877  Death of Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784) on November - 02.   

1882  Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1884  On November - 02 auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer, dies at 62   

1887  Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1898  Death of George Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826) on this day in history.   

1905  On November - 02 death of albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817)   

1909  On this day in history theodor W Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81   

1920  Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1925  On November - 02 antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65   

1931  On this day in history arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47   

1935  H B "Jock" Cameron, S Afr cricket capt (v England 1935, age 30), dies on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82   

1944  On November - 02 death of thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)   

1945  Death of Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880) on November - 02.   

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1082  Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135) was born on this day in history.   

1475  On November - 02 birth of princess Anne of York (d. 1511)   

1528  Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works) was born on this day in history.   

1636  Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721) was born on November - 02.   

1667  James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1692  Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766) was born on November - 02.   

1696  On this day in history birth of conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760)   

1699  On November - 02 birth of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)