Best known
Best known
Pope Eugene I
Head of the Catholic Church from 654 to 657
Richilde of Provence
Carolingian empress from 875 to 877
Peter I of Urgell
Jure uxoris Count of Urgell
Rhys ap Maredudd
Royal member of Deheubarth (died 1292)
Catherine of Lancaster
Queen of Castile and León from 1390 to 1406
Álvaro de Luna
15th-century Spanish knight and politician
Pope Eugene I — Head of the Catholic Church from 654 to 657, who died on June 2 657.
Richilde of Provence — Carolingian empress from 875 to 877, who died on June 2 910.
Peter I of Urgell — Jure uxoris Count of Urgell, who died on June 2 1258.
Rhys ap Maredudd — Royal member of Deheubarth (died 1292), who died on June 2 1292.
Catherine of Lancaster — Queen of Castile and León from 1390 to 1406, who died on June 2 1418.
Álvaro de Luna — 15th-century Spanish knight and politician, who died on June 2 1453.
All entries
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- 1567
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- 1693
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- 1754
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- 1853HHenry Trevor, 21st Baron DacreBritish Army general
- 1865
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- 1941
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- 1968
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- 1970
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- 1976
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- 1977
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- 1982
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- 1987
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- 1987
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- 1992
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- 1996
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- 2000
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- 2000
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- 2005
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- 2005
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- 2007
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113 people with a Wikipedia article died on June 2, including Pope Eugene I, Richilde of Provence, Peter I of Urgell. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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