Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

1002  On August - 02 abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  On August - 02 john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  On August - 02 death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)   

1511  Death of Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader on August - 02.   

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

1589  Death of Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 on this day in history.   

1600  On August - 02 arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70   

1611  On August - 02 death of kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)   

1649  Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78 on this day in history.   

1655  Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1696  On August - 02 death of robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)   

1769  Death of Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689) on August - 02.   

1776  On August - 02 death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)   

1788  On this day in history thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61   

1792  On August - 02 nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60   

1799  Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54 on August - 02.   

1811  William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1815  On August - 02 death of guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763)   

1823  Death of Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753) on August - 02.   

1827  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies   

1858  On August - 02 a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

1859  Death of Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

1869  Death of Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on this day in history.   

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1873  On August - 02 frank Mori, composer, dies at 53   

1876  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

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  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  On this day in history 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 August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)