Famous Deaths Happened In August - 02

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.   

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

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Death of Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562) on August - 02.   

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  Death of Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630) on this day in history.   

1769  Death of Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689) on this day in history.   

1776  Death of Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

1788  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60   

1799  On August - 02 jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54   

1811  On this day in history william Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80   

1815  On this day in history 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 August - 02 mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies   

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1859  Death of Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796) on August - 02.   

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  On August - 02 death of marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35   

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 August - 02.   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.   

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

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

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

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