Famous Birthdays In August - 02

1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on August - 02.   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

1723  On August - 02 birth of nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect   

1746  On August - 02 birth of joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot   

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC   

1775  Jose Angel Lamas, composer was born on this day in history.   

1788  Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.   

1802  On August - 02 birth of nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster   

1815  On this day in history birth of adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894)   

1818  On this day in history birth of [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major   

1826  On August - 02 birth of william Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902   

1828  Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895) was born on this day in history.   

1832  Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society) was born on August - 02.   

1834  Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty) was born on this day in history.   

1834  Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist was born on August - 02.   

1835  On this day in history birth of elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)   

1854  Francis Marion Crawford, British author was born on August - 02.   

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1858  Catherina van Rennes, composer was born on this day in history.   

1858  William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest) was born on this day in history.   

1865  Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism) was born on August - 02.   

1865  On this day in history birth of john Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)   

1867  On August - 02 birth of ernest C Dowson, British poet   

1868  Constantine I, king of Greece was born on August - 02.   

1871  On August - 02 birth of john French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951)   

1872  George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946) was born on August - 02.   

1875  On August - 02 birth of mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957)   

1878  Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales) was born on August - 02.   

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0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on this day in history.   

0686  On August - 02 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 this day in history.   

1075  On this day in history 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 August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)