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

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  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  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  On August - 02 death of daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)   

1776  On this day in history death of louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)   

1788  On August - 02 thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61   

1792  On August - 02 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  Death of Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763) on this day in history.   

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  Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies on August - 02.   

1858  A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76 on August - 02.   

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

1869  On August - 02 death of alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+   

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on August - 02.   

1873  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on August - 02.   

1876  On August - 02 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 August - 02.   

1889  On this day in history death of eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)   

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1455  On August - 02 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  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 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  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)