Famous Deaths In February - 14
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
0270 On February - 14 death of st. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).
0869 On February - 14 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 February - 14 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 Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1571 On February - 14 benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70
1676 Death of Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist on February - 14.
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 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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history william Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56
1790 On February - 14 capel Bond, composer, dies at 59
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 February - 14 vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies
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 this day in history.
1857 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56 on this day in history.
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 February - 14 death of fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812)
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 On this day in history death of eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814)
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 this day in history.
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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