Famous Deaths In February - 14
Monday, 11 December 2023
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 February - 14.
1317 On this day in history death of marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
1400 Death of Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle on this day in history.
1405 On this day in history timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68
1528 On this day in history 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 this day in history francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77
1714 On February - 14 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 this day in history death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50
1780 William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 on February - 14.
1790 On February - 14 capel Bond, composer, dies at 59
1808 Death of John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732) on this day in history.
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 February - 14.
1831 Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies on February - 14.
1841 Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1846 Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76 on February - 14.
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 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 Death of Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814) on this day in history.
1901 Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82 on February - 14.
1908 On this day in history georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72
1916 Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36 on February - 14.
1922 Death of Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880) on February - 14.
1929 On February - 14 death of tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875)
1937 On February - 14 erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62
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