Famous Deaths In February - 14

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  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 February - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1681  Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1714  On this day in history death of maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688)  

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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  On February - 14 death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50  

1780  On February - 14 william Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56  

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 February - 14.  

1820  Death of Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 on this day in history.  

1831  On February - 14 vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies  

1841  Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65 on February - 14.  

1846  On February - 14 cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76  

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 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 February - 14.  

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 February - 14.  

1894  Death of Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814) on February - 14.  

1901  Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1908  On this day in history georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72  

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

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

1483  On this day in history 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  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  Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi) was born on this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history birth of johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian