Famous Deaths In August - 02

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

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

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

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

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

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.   

1511  Death of Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader on this day in history.   

1512  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 on August - 02.   

1589  On this day in history death of henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37   

1600  On this day in history arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70   

1611  On this day in history death of kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)   

1649  Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on August - 02.   

1655  On this day in history alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83   

1696  On this day in history death of robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)   

1769  On August - 02 death of daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)   

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  On this day in history nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60   

1799  On this day in history jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54   

1811  On August - 02 william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80   

1815  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on this day in history.   

1823  On August - 02 death of lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)   

1827  On August - 02 james Hewitt, composer, dies at 57   

1849  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on August - 02.   

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 this day in history death of alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+   

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on August - 02.   

1873  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on August - 02.   

1876  On August - 02 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  Death of Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on this day in history.   

1889  Death of Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) on August - 02.   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

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

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

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 this day in history.   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on August - 02.   

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