Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
0257 Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.
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 On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64
1075 John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.
1100 On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44
1222 Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.
1511 Death of Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader on August - 02.
1512 Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 on this day in history.
1589 On this day in history death of henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37
1600 On August - 02 arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70
1611 On this day in history death of kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)
1649 Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on this day in history.
1655 Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 on August - 02.
1696 On this day in history death of robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)
1769 On this day in history death of daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)
1776 Death of Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717) on August - 02.
1788 On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61
1792 Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1799 Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on August - 02.
1811 On August - 02 william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80
1815 Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history death of lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)
1827 James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
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 Death of Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796) on this day in history.
1869 Death of Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on August - 02.
1872 On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59
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 August - 02.
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 August - 02.
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