Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1511  On this day in history death of andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader   

1512  On August - 02 alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48   

1589  Death of Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 on August - 02.   

1600  On this day in history 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  On August - 02 elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78   

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

1696  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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  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 this day in history.   

1827  James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57 on August - 02.   

1849  On August - 02 mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies   

1858  On this day in history a Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76   

1859  On August - 02 death of horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)   

1869  Death of Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on August - 02.   

1872  On August - 02 judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

1873  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1876  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 on August - 02.   

1881  Death of Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on this day in history.   

1889  On August - 02 death of eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)   

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

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

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

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 August - 02.   

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