Famous Deaths In February - 14
Friday, 25 October 2024
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 Death of Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1528 On this day in history edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66
1571 On February - 14 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 Death of Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688) on this day in history.
1737 On February - 14 death of charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
1760 Francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69 on February - 14.
1779 Death of James Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 on this day in history.
1780 William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1790 Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1820 Death of Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 on this day in history.
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 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 February - 14.
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 February - 14.
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 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 February - 14.
1908 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72 on February - 14.
1916 Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36 on February - 14.
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 this day in history erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62
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