Famous Personalities Born In August - 02

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

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

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

1672  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

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 August - 02 birth of pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC   

1775  Jose Angel Lamas, composer was born on August - 02.   

1788  Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) was born on August - 02.   

1802  Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster was born on this day in history.   

1815  Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894) was born on August - 02.   

1818  [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major was born on this day in history.   

1826  William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902 was born on August - 02.   

1828  On August - 02 birth of manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (d. 1895)   

1832  On this day in history birth of henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)   

1834  On August - 02 birth of frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)   

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

1835  On August - 02 birth of elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)   

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

1858  On this day in history birth of a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands   

1858  On August - 02 birth of catherina van Rennes, composer   

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

1865  On August - 02 birth of irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)   

1865  John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955) was born on this day in history.   

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

1868  On August - 02 birth of constantine I, king of Greece   

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 this day in history birth of mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957)   

1878  On August - 02 birth of aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)   

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

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  On this day in history 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 August - 02.   

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 August - 02.   

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)