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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Aug 02 1455

    Johan Cicero Elector of Brandenburg (1486-99) born in Ansbach (d. 1499)

    Aug 02 1533

    Theodor Zwinger Swiss physician and scholar born in Basel Switzerland (d. 1588)

    Aug 02 1627

    Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten Dutch painter born in Dordrecht Netherlands

    Aug 02 1632

    Kaspar von Stieler German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) born in Erfurt Germany (d. 1707)

    Aug 02 1723

    Nicolas de Pigage French classical architect born in Lunville France (d. 1796)

    Aug 02 1746

    Joan Lucaz Dutch journalist and patriot (d. 1807)

    Aug 02 1775

    Jose Angel Lamas Venezuelan composer born in Caracas Venezuela (d. 1814)

    Aug 02 1672

    Johann Jakob Scheuchzer Swiss scholar born in Zrich Switzerland (d. 1733)

    Aug 02 1674

    Philippe II Duke of Orlans and Regent of France (1715-23) born in Chteau de Saint Cloud France (d. 1723)

    Aug 02 1696

    Mahmud I Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1730-54) who fought Austria & Russia born in Edirne Palace Edirne Ottoman Empire (d. 1754)

    Aug 02 1703

    Lorenzo Ricci Italian Jesuit leader (18th & last Superior General of the Society of Jesus) born in Florence (d. 1775)

    Aug 02 1788

    Leopold Gmelin German chemist (Gmelins test) born in Gttingen Germany (d. 1853)

    Aug 02 1802

    Nicholas Wiseman 1st archbishop of Westminster (1860-65) born in Sevilla Spain (d. 1865)

    Aug 02 1815

    Adolf Friedrich von Schack German poet born in Brsewitz Germany (d. 1894)

    Aug 02 1818

    Prince Alexander of the Netherlands Prince of Orange-Nassau born in Soestdijk Netherlands (d. 1848)

    Aug 02 1820

    John Tyndall Irish physicist who demonstrated why the sky is blue and proved that the Earths atmosphere has a greenhouse effect born in Leighlinbridge County Carlow Ireland (d. 1893)

    Aug 02 1826

    William Denison Whipple American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Madison County New York (d. 1902)

    Aug 02 1828

    Manuel Pava y Rodrguez de Alburquerque Spanish general born in Cadiz Spain (d. 1895)

    Aug 02 1832

    Henry Steel Olcott American military officer and co-founder of the Theosophical Society born in Orange New Jersey (d. 1907)

    Aug 02 1834

    Isaac Capadose clergyman in the Catholic Apostolic Church born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1920)

    Aug 02 1835

    Elisha Grey American electrical engineer and inventor (Telephone) born in Barnesville Ohio

    Aug 02 1854

    F. Marion Crawford American author (Mr. Isaacs) born in Bagni de Lucca Italy (d. 1909)

    Aug 02 1858

    Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont Queen consort of William and Regent of the Netherlands born in Arolsen Castle Arolsen Waldeck and Pyrmont German Confederation (d. 1934)

    Aug 02 1858

    Catharina van Rennes Dutch composer born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1940)

    Aug 02 1858

    William Watson British poet (Princes Quest Father of Forest) born in Burley-in-Wharfedale Yorkshire (d. 1935)

    Aug 02 1861

    Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Bengali chemist (founder of Bengal Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals) born in Khulna British India (d. 1944)

    Aug 02 1865

    Irving Babbitt American writer (Rousseau & Romanticism) born in Dayton Ohio (d. 1933)

    Aug 02 1865

    John Radecki Australian stained glass artist born in d Poland (d. 1955)

    Aug 02 1867

    Ernest Dowson British poet (Decorations in Verse and Prose) born in Lee London

    Aug 02 1867

    Frank Alvord Perret American volcanologist renowned for his research at Vesuvius Etna Stromboli and Kilauea born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1943)

    Aug 02 1868

    Constantine I King of Greece (1913-17 20-22) born in Athens Greece (d. 1923)

    Aug 02 1871

    John French Sloan American painter and etcher born in Lock Haven Pennsylvania (d. 1951)

    Aug 02 1872

    George E. Stewart American army officer and Medal of Honor recipient born in New South Wales Australia (d. 1946)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Aug 02 1057 Frederik van Lotharingen elected as 1st Belgium Pope Stephen IX [X]

    Aug 02 1100 King William II of England (William Rufus) is killed by an arrow shot by Sir Walter Tyrell while hunting in the New Forest

    Aug 02 1578 Battle of Rijmenam Spanish Habsberg forces defeated by Dutch troops (Eighty Years War)

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