Famous Deaths In February - 14

0270  On February - 14 death of st. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).   

0869  On this day in history cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies   

1317  Death of Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282) on February - 14.   

1400  On February - 14 death of richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle   

1405  Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1528  On February - 14 edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66   

1571  On this day in history benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70   

1676  Death of Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist on this day in history.   

1681  Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history death of maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688)   

1737  Death of Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685) on this day in history.   

1760  Francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1779  On February - 14 death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50   

1780  On this day in history william Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56   

1790  On this day in history capel Bond, composer, dies at 59   

1808  Death of John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732) on this day in history.   

1818  On February - 14 john C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61   

1820  Death of Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies   

1841  Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1846  Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56   

1870  Death of St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815) on February - 14.   

1873  On February - 14 charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52   

1881  Death of Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812) on this day in history.   

1885  On February - 14 death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)   

1891  William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1894  On February - 14 death of eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814)   

1901  On this day in history edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82   

1908  On this day in history georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72   

1916  On this day in history petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36   

1922  On February - 14 death of heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880)   

1929  On February - 14 death of tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875)   

1937  On this day in history erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62   

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1462  On February - 14 birth of edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)   

1468  Johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522) was born on February - 14.   

1483  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty was born on February - 14.   

1487  Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising was born on February - 14.   

1513  Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer was born on February - 14.   

1515  On this day in history birth of frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts   

1533  On February - 14 birth of christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)   

1546  On this day in history birth of johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian