Famous Deaths Happened In February - 14

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

0869  On February - 14 cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies   

1317  On February - 14 death of marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)   

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 February - 14.   

1528  Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 February - 14.   

1681  On this day in history francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77   

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 February - 14.   

1760  Francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69 on February - 14.   

1779  Death of James Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1790  On February - 14 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 this day in history 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 February - 14 vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies   

1841  Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65 on February - 14.   

1846  On this day in history cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76   

1857  On February - 14 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56   

1870  On February - 14 death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)   

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

1881  On February - 14 death of fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812)   

1885  Death of Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) on this day in history.   

1891  On February - 14 william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71   

1894  Death of Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814) on February - 14.   

1901  On February - 14 edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82   

1908  On February - 14 georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72   

1916  Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36 on February - 14.   

1922  Death of Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880) on February - 14.   

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

1937  Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62 on February - 14.   

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1462  On this day in history birth of edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)   

1468  On this day in history birth of johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522)   

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

1487  On this day in history birth of henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising   

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

1515  Frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts was born on February - 14.   

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

1546  Johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian was born on February - 14.