Famous Deaths In February - 14

0270  Death of St. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273) on this day in history.  

0869  Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies on this day in history.  

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  On February - 14 timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68  

1528  On this day in history edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66  

1571  On this day in history benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70  

1676  Death of Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist on February - 14.  

1681  On February - 14 francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77  

1714  On February - 14 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  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 this day in history capel Bond, composer, dies at 59  

1808  Death of John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732) on February - 14.  

1818  On this day in history john C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61  

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

1831  On this day in history vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies  

1841  On this day in history antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65  

1846  On February - 14 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  On this day in history 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  On February - 14 death of fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812)  

1885  Death of Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) on this day in history.  

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  On February - 14 edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82  

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

1916  On this day in history 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  On February - 14 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  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty was born on February - 14.  

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

1513  On this day in history birth of domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer  

1515  On this day in history 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 this day in history.