Famous Deaths In February - 14
Saturday, 27 April 2024
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 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 this day in history edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66
1571 Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 on February - 14.
1676 On this day in history death of abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
1681 On this day in history francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77
1714 Death of Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688) on February - 14.
1737 On this day in history death of charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
1760 On this day in history francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69
1779 Death of James Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 on February - 14.
1780 On this day in history william Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56
1790 On February - 14 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 John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61 on February - 14.
1820 Death of Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 on February - 14.
1831 Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies on February - 14.
1841 Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65 on February - 14.
1846 Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1857 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 on February - 14.
1870 Death of St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1901 On February - 14 edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82
1908 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72 on February - 14.
1916 On this day in history petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36
1922 Death of Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880) on this day in history.
1929 Death of Tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875) on this day in history.
1937 Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
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