Famous Deaths In February - 14

0270  On February - 14 death of st. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).  

0869  On February - 14 cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies  

1317  Death of Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282) on February - 14.  

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  Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66 on February - 14.  

1571  On February - 14 benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70  

1676  On this day in history death of abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist  

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  On February - 14 francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69  

1779  Death of James Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 on February - 14.  

1780  William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52  

1881  On this day in history 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 February - 14 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 February - 14.  

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 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  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  On this day in history birth of henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising  

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

1515  Frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts was born on February - 14.  

1533  On February - 14 birth of christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)  

1546  Johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian was born on this day in history.