Famous Deaths In February - 14
Thursday, 25 February 2021
0270 On this day in history death of st. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).
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 this day in history 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 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 On this day in history death of abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
1681 On February - 14 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 this day in history.
1760 On this day in history 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 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 On February - 14 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 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 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 On this day in history johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
1870 On this day in history death of st. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)
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 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 Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1908 On February - 14 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 this day in history.
1929 Death of Tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875) on February - 14.
1937 Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62 on February - 14.
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