Historical Events Aug 30 Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II as Pope Paul II Famous Deaths Cosimo de Medici Aug 1 cosimo de' Medici, Italian banker and de facto ruler of Florence, dies at 74 Florentine Ruler and Arts Patron Cosimo de Medici Aug 11 Nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies Aug 15 Pius II [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58 Aug 17 Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies 1463 History by Year 1465 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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