Famous Deaths Happened In February - 14
Friday, 14 February 2025
0270 On February - 14 death of st. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).
0869 Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies on February - 14.
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 Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66 on February - 14.
1571 Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1676 On this day in history death of abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
1681 Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77 on February - 14.
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 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 Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59 on February - 14.
1808 On this day in history death of john Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732)
1818 On this day in history john C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61
1820 On February - 14 death of charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42
1831 Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies on February - 14.
1841 On this day in history antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65
1846 On this day in history cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76
1857 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1870 On this day in history death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)
1873 On this day in history charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52
1881 Death of Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812) on February - 14.
1885 On February - 14 death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)
1891 On February - 14 william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71
1894 On this day in history death of eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814)
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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