Famous Deaths In February - 14

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

0869  On this day in history cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies  

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 February - 14.  

1528  On February - 14 edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66  

1571  Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 on February - 14.  

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 February - 14 death of maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688)  

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1737  On this day in history 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 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  William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1790  On February - 14 capel Bond, composer, dies at 59  

1808  On this day in history death of john Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732)  

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

1820  Death of Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 on February - 14.  

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

1841  On February - 14 antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65  

1846  Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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  On February - 14 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 February - 14 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  Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1908  Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72 on February - 14.  

1916  Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history death of heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880)  

1929  On this day in history death of tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875)  

1937  On this day in history erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62  

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1462  On this day in history 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  On February - 14 birth of zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty  

1487  On this day in history birth of henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising  

1513  On February - 14 birth of domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer  

1515  Frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts was born on this day in history.  

1533  Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi) was born on this day in history.  

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