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

1317  On this day in history death of marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)   

1400  Death of Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle on February - 14.   

1405  On this day in history timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68   

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  Death of Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist on February - 14.   

1681  On February - 14 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 this day in history.   

1760  On February - 14 francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69   

1779  On this day in history death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50   

1780  William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 on February - 14.   

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

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

1885  On this day in history death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)   

1891  On this day in history 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  Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1916  On February - 14 petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36   

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

1929  Death of Tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875) on February - 14.   

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

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1462  Edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528) was born on this day in history.   

1468  On February - 14 birth of johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522)   

1483  On February - 14 birth of zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty   

1487  On February - 14 birth of henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising   

1513  Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer was born on this day in history.   

1515  On February - 14 birth of frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts   

1533  On this day in history birth of christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)   

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