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  Death of John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic on this day in history.   

1463  On this day in history albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies   

1515  Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies on December - 02.   

1552  On December - 02 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  On December - 02 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 this day in history.   

1694  Death of Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622) on this day in history.   

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

1723  Philip, French duke of Orleans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies on December - 02.   

1726  On this day in history death of samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665)   

1747  Death of Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695) on December - 02.   

1748  Death of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662) on this day in history.   

1763  Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56   

1844  Death of Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768) on December - 02.   

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  Death of Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

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

1880  Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65 on December - 02.   

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 December - 02 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  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  Agostino Agazzari, composer was born on December - 02.   

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

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

1703  Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759) was born on December - 02.   

1710  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.   

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  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on December - 02.