Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

1075  On August - 02 john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.   

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)   

1511  Death of Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader on August - 02.   

1512  On this day in history alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48   

1589  On August - 02 death of henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37   

1600  Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

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 August - 02.   

1655  On August - 02 alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83   

1696  Death of Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630) on this day in history.   

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

1776  Death of Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

1788  On August - 02 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  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on August - 02.   

1815  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on August - 02.   

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  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history death of horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)   

1869  On August - 02 death of alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+   

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35   

1889  Death of Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) on this day in history.   

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1455  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  On this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on August - 02.   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.   

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