Famous Deaths Happened 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 February - 14.   

1317  On February - 14 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 February - 14 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 February - 14 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 February - 14.   

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  On this day in history william Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56   

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 February - 14.   

1818  On February - 14 john C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61   

1820  On February - 14 death of charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42   

1831  Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies on February - 14.   

1841  Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1885  Death of Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) on February - 14.   

1891  On February - 14 william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71   

1894  Death of Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814) on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82   

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  On this day in history death of heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880)   

1929  Death of Tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875) on February - 14.   

1937  Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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1462  Edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528) was born on February - 14.   

1468  Johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522) was born on February - 14.   

1483  Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty was born on this day in history.   

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

1513  Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer was born on February - 14.   

1515  On February - 14 birth of frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts   

1533  Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi) was born on February - 14.   

1546  Johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian was born on February - 14.