Famous Deaths In February - 14
Monday, 18 February 2019
0270 Death of St. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273) on February - 14.
0869 Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1405 On this day in history timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68
1528 On February - 14 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 this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1790 Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59 on February - 14.
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 this day in history.
1820 On February - 14 death of charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42
1831 Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies on this day in history.
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 On February - 14 johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
1870 Death of St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815) on February - 14.
1873 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52 on February - 14.
1881 On February - 14 death of fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812)
1885 On this day in history death of jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)
1891 William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71 on this day in history.
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 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history death of tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875)
1937 On February - 14 erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62
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