Famous Deaths Happened In February - 14

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

0869  Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies on February - 14.   

1317  Death of Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282) on February - 14.   

1400  On February - 14 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 this day in history.   

1528  On this day in history 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  Death of Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist on this day in history.   

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  Death of Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65   

1846  On February - 14 cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76   

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  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  William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War General, dies at 71 on February - 14.   

1894  On this day in history death of eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814)   

1901  On February - 14 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  On this day in history death of tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875)   

1937  Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62 on February - 14.   

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1462  Edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528) was born on this day in history.   

1468  On February - 14 birth of johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522)   

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 this day in history birth of domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer   

1515  Frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts was born on February - 14.   

1533  Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi) was born on February - 14.   

1546  On this day in history birth of johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian