Famous Deaths Happened In December - 02

0537  Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1463  Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies on December - 02.   

1515  On December - 02 gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies   

1552  On this day in history death of francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)   

1592  Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1615  Death of Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general on this day in history.   

1665  Death of Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588) on this day in history.   

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

1719  Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1747  Death of Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695) on this day in history.   

1748  On December - 02 death of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662)   

1763  Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56 on December - 02.   

1774  Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74   

1828  Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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

1844  On December - 02 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 this day in history 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 December - 02 death of alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)   

1864  On December - 02 archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31   

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

1888  Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1892  Death of Jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836) on December - 02.   

1899  On this day in history death of gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875)   

1903  On this day in history victor Roger, composer, dies at 50   

1915  Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1916  Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69 on December - 02.   

1918  On December - 02 margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38   

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1578  On December - 02 birth of agostino Agazzari, composer   

1678  On this day in history birth of nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)   

1694  William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on December - 02.   

1703  On December - 02 birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  On December - 02 birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)   

1728  On December - 02 birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat   

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

1754  On this day in history birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)