What happened on September 2 ?

421 - Constantius III, Roman Emperor

1031 - Saint Emeric of Hungary

1274 - Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242)

1397 - Francesco Landini, Italian composer

1540 - Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)

1680 - Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1602)

1688 - Robert Viner, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631)

1690 - Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1615)

1764 - Nathaniel Bliss, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1700)

1765 - Henry Bouquet, Swiss-born British army officer (b. 1719)

1768 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)

1790 - Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (b. 1701)

1813 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1763)

1820 - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (b. 1760)

1832 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian astronomer (b. 1854)

1834 - Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (b. 1757)

1865 - William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (b. 1805)

1872 - Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (b. 1783)

1898 - Wilford Woodruff, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)

1910 - Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)

1921 - Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (b. 1840)

1921 - Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-born oil exploration pioneer (b.1855)

1934 - Alcide Nunez, American musician (b. 1884)

1937 - Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern Olympic Games (b. 1863)

1948 - Sylvanus Morley, U.S. archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)

1953 - Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b. 1883)

1964 - Alvin York, most decorated American soldier of World War I (b. 1887)

1964 - Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (b. 1900)

1965 - Johannes Bobrowski, German lyricist, narrative writer, adaptor and essayist (b. 1917)

1969 - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese president and prime minister (b. 1890)

1973 - Carl Dudley, American movie director (b. 1910)

1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)

1976 - Stanis?aw Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (b. 1934)

1985 - Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)

1991 - Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)

1992 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1902)

1997 - Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (b. 1902)

1997 - Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)

1998 - Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1933)

1998 - Allen Drury, American author (b. 1918)

2000 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 1905)

2000 - Curt Siodmak, German-born author (b. 1907)

2001 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (b. 1922)

2001 - Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936)

2002 - Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)

2004 - Joan Oró, Catalan scientist (b. 1923)

2005 - Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)