Famous Deaths In February - 14
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0270 Death of St. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273) on February - 14.
0869 On this day in history cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies
1317 On February - 14 death of marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
1400 On this day in history death of richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle
1405 On this day in history 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 Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 on February - 14.
1676 On February - 14 death of abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
1681 Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77 on February - 14.
1714 On this day in history death of maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688)
1737 On this day in history death of charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
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 this day in history.
1780 On this day in history william Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56
1790 Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59 on February - 14.
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 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 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 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52 on February - 14.
1881 Death of Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812) on February - 14.
1885 Death of Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) on February - 14.
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 February - 14.
1901 Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1908 On February - 14 georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72
1916 On this day in history 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 On February - 14 erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62
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