Famous Deaths In November - 02

1083  On this day in history death of matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031)   

1171  Baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies on November - 02.   

1285  On this day in history death of king Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)   

1327  On this day in history death of king James II of Aragon (b. 1267)   

1483  On this day in history death of henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49   

1588  On November - 02 wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63   

1610  On this day in history richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66   

1618  Death of Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568) on this day in history.   

1635  Aurelio Signoretti, composer, dies at 68 on November - 02.   

1697  Death of Constantine Huygens Jr, Poet/painter/cartoonist, buried on this day in history.   

1716  On this day in history death of engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651)   

1717  On this day in history johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies   

1731  Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1781  Jose F de Isla, Spanish Jesuit/author, dies at 78 on November - 02.   

1804  On November - 02 armand-Gaston Camus, French chairman of Council of 500, dies at 64   

1807  On November - 02 death of baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730)   

1845  On November - 02 chretien Urhan, composer, dies at 55   

1852  On November - 02 death of pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)   

1863  Death of Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826) on November - 02.   

1875  Death of JWW Birch, 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered on November - 02.   

1877  On this day in history death of friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)   

1882  On November - 02 cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer, dies at 61   

1884  On this day in history auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer, dies at 62   

1887  Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67 on November - 02.   

1898  On November - 02 death of george Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826)   

1905  On November - 02 death of albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817)   

1909  Theodor W Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1920  Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1925  Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65 on November - 02.   

1931  Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47 on November - 02.   

1935  On this day in history h B "Jock" Cameron, S Afr cricket capt (v England 1935, age 30), dies   

1937  On November - 02 maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82   

1944  Death of Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889) on November - 02.   

1945  Death of Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

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1082  Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135) was born on this day in history.   

1475  On November - 02 birth of princess Anne of York (d. 1511)   

1528  Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works) was born on November - 02.   

1636  Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721) was born on November - 02.   

1667  James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1692  Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766) was born on November - 02.   

1696  On November - 02 birth of conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760)   

1699  On November - 02 birth of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)