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270 - St. Valentine marking Valentines Day (some sources say 269, others 273).
869 - Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies
869 - Saint Cyril, Greek monk, scholar, theologian and linguist (b. 827)
1317 - Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
1400 - Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at 33
1405 - 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
1571 - Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70
1571 - Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon/count of Beauvais, dies at 53
1676 - Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
1681 - Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77
1714 - Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen Consort of Spain (b. 1688)
1737 - Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
1760 - Francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69
1779 - 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
1790 - Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59
1808 - John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732)
1818 - John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61
1820 - Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42
1831 - Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies
1841 - Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65
1846 - Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76
1857 - Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
1857 - John B van Bree, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
1870 - St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General (b. 1815)
1873 - Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52
1881 - Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812)
1885 - Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)
1891 - William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War general, dies at 71
1894 - Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (b. 1814)
1901 - Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82
1908 - Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72
1916 - Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36
1922 - Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (assassinated) (b. 1880)
1929 - Tom Burke, American runner (b. 1875)
1937 - Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62
1942 - Adnan Bin Saidi, Officer of the Malay Regiment killed in the defense of Singapore (b. 1915)
1943 - David Hilbert, German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81
1943 - Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz
1943 - Dora Gerson, German actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (b. 1899)
1948 - Mordecai Brown, American baseball player (b. 1876)
1949 - Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi-Assyrian communist leader (b. 1901)
1950 - Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80
1950 - Karl G Jansky, Czech discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at 44
1952 - Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
1955 - Charles Cuvillier, composer, dies at 77
1958 - Abdul Rab Nishtar, veteran leader of Pakistan Movement, (b. 1899)
1959 - Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (b. 1898)
1961 - Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78
1965 - Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer/conductor, dies at 84
1967 - James Schneider, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 85
1967 - Sig Ruman, actor (Schultz-Life With Luigi), dies at 82
1969 - Vito Genovese, US mafia chief, dies at 71
1969 - Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at 72
1972 - Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65
1974 - C S Dempster, cricketer (10 Tests for NZ, 723 runs), dies
1975 - Heintje Davids, [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87
1975 - Julian S Huxley, English scholar/dir-gen (UNESCO), dies at 87
1975 - Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93
1978 - Paul Governali, American professional football player (b. 1921)
1979 - Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered
1980 - Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor
1982 - Henk Schaer, [Hendricus J M Schaareman], Dutch actor, dies at 79
1983 - Lina Radke, German athlete (b. 1903)
1987 - Bola Sete, guitarist, dies at 63
1987 - Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82
1987 - Karolos Koun, Greek theater director (b. 1908)
1988 - Frederick Loewe, US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84
1989 - James Bond, American ornithologist (b. 1900)
1990 - Graeme Hole, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies
1990 - Jean Wallace, [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66
1990 - Tony Holiday, German singer
1991 - Arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90
1991 - John A McCone, Head of CIA (1961-65), dies
1992 - Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at 48
1992 - Jacob "Bob" de Uyl, journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61
1992 - Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympic-bronze-48/silver-52), dies at 67
1993 - Buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at 70
1994 - Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at 61
1994 - Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47
1995 - Alberto Burri, Ital physician/sculptor/painter, dies at 79
1995 - Michael Vincent Gazzo, US actor/playwright (Godfather 2), dies at 71
1995 - Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV Director/film-maker, dies at 45
1995 - Patricia Highsmith, writer, dies at 74
1995 - Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76
1995 - Siem Suurhoff, TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at 58
1995 - U Nu, PM of Burma (1948-56, 57-58, 60-62), dies
1995 - U Nu, Burmese politician (b. 1907)
1996 - Bob Paisley, football manager, dies at 77
1996 - Caroline Blackwood, writer, dies at 64
1996 - Eva Hart, Titanic survivor, dies at 90
1996 - Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist, dies at 64
1999 - John Ehrlichman, American presidential advisor (b. 1925)
1999 - Buddy Knox, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
2002 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922)
2003 - Dolly the sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell dies young form a progressive lung disease aged 6
2003 - Johnny Longden, English jockey (b. 1907)
2004 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
2005 - Najai Turpin, American boxer
2005 - Rafik Hariri, Lebanese politician and billionaire businessman (b. 1944)
2006 - Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
2006 - Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
2006 - Darry Cowl, French musician and actor (b. 1925)
2007 - Gareth Morris, British flautist (b. 1920)
2007 - Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated film maker. (b. 1943)
2009 - Sir Bernard Ashley, Welsh businessman and entrepreneur. (b. 1926)