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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1571  Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 on February - 14.  

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

1681  Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77 on February - 14.  

1714  Death of Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688) on February - 14.  

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 February - 14 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  Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1818  John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61 on February - 14.  

1820  On this day in history death of charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42  

1831  Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies on this day in history.  

1841  On February - 14 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  Death of St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815) on this day in history.  

1873  Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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 February - 14.  

1891  On this day in history william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71  

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  Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

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

1929  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty  

1487  Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising was born on this day in history.  

1513  On February - 14 birth of domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer  

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

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

1546  On February - 14 birth of johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian