Famous Deaths In December - 02

0537  Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies on December - 02.   

1348  On December - 02 death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)   

1381  On December - 02 death of john of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic   

1463  On December - 02 albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies   

1515  Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies on this day in history.   

1552  Death of Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

1592  Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46 on December - 02.   

1615  On this day in history death of louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general   

1665  Death of Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588) on December - 02.   

1694  Death of Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622) on December - 02.   

1719  On this day in history pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85   

1723  On December - 02 philip, French duke of Orleans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies   

1726  Death of Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665) on December - 02.   

1747  On December - 02 death of vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695)   

1748  On this day in history death of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662)   

1763  On December - 02 carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56   

1774  On this day in history johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54   

1814  On December - 02 marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74   

1828  Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39 on December - 02.   

1831  Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history death of eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)   

1845  On this day in history johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82   

1849  On December - 02 death of adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)   

1859  On this day in history death of john Brown, US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59   

1860  On this day in history death of alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)   

1864  Archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31 on December - 02.   

1880  On December - 02 josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65   

1888  Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54 on December - 02.   

1892  On December - 02 death of jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836)   

1899  Death of Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875) on this day in history.   

1903  Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50 on December - 02.   

1915  On this day in history jan Malat, composer, dies at 72   

1916  On this day in history francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69   

1918  On this day in history margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38   

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1578  On this day in history birth of agostino Agazzari, composer   

1678  Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer) was born on December - 02.   

1694  On this day in history birth of william Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)   

1703  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  On this day in history birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)   

1728  Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1738  On this day in history birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)   

1754  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on this day in history.