Famous Deaths Happened In February - 14
Monday, 03 November 2025
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 February - 14. 

1317 On February - 14 death of marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282) 

1400 On February - 14 death of richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle 

1405 On February - 14 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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 February - 14. 

1760 On February - 14 francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69 

1779 On February - 14 death of james Cook, Scottish explorer killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii at 50 

1780 On this day in history william Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 

1790 Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history. 

1808 Death of John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732) on February - 14. 

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 Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies on February - 14. 

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 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 Death of Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832) on February - 14. 

1891 On February - 14 william Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71 

1894 Death of Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814) on this day in history. 

1901 On this day in history edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82 

1908 On this day in history georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72 

1916 On February - 14 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 Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history. 

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