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Acontecimientos (68)

  1. 748Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
  2. 763The death of Ibrahim ibn Abdallah marks the end of the Alid revolt of 762–763.
  3. 842Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
  4. 1014Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.
  5. 1130The troubled 1130 papal election exposes a rift within the College of Cardinals.
  6. 1349Strasbourg massacre: Several thousand Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg after being accused of causing the Black Death.
  7. 1530Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico.
  8. 1556Having been declared a heretic and laicized by Pope Paul IV on 4 December 1555, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is publicly defrocked at Christ Church Cathedral.
  9. 1556Coronation of Akbar as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
  10. 1613Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate at Whitehall Palace, London.
  11. 1655The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655.
  12. 1778The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to , commanded by John Paul Jones.
  13. 1779American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
  14. 1779James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
  15. 1797French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
  16. 1804Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
  17. 1831Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
  18. 1835The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
  19. 1849In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
  20. 1852Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
  21. 1855Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
  22. 1859Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
  23. 1876Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
  24. 1879The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
  25. 1899Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  26. 1900The British Army begins the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  27. 1903The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  28. 1912Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
  29. 1912The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
  30. 1918Soviet Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
  31. 1919The Polish–Soviet War begins.
  32. 1920The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
  33. 1924The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
  34. 1929Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
  35. 1939World War II: German battleship Bismarck is launched.
  36. 1942World War II: Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
  37. 1943World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
  38. 1943World War II: Tunisia Campaign: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's Fifth Panzer Army launches a counter-attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.
  39. 1944World War II: In the action of 14 February 1944, a Royal Navy submarine sinks a German-controlled Italian Regia Marina submarine in the Strait of Malacca.
  40. 1945World War II: On the first day of the bombing of Dresden, the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces begin fire-bombing Dresden.
  41. 1945World War II: Navigational error leads to the mistaken bombing of Prague, Czechoslovakia by a United States Army Air Forces squadron of B-17s assisting in the Soviet Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
  42. 1945World War II: Mostar is liberated by Yugoslav partisans
  43. 1945President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the , officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
  44. 1946The Bank of England is nationalized.
  45. 1947The act abolishing all noble ranks and related styles comes into force in Hungary.
  46. 1949The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
  47. 1949The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
  48. 1954First Indochina War - small French garrison at Đắk Đoa is overrun by the Viet Minh after a week's siege.
  49. 1961Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
  50. 1979In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
  51. 1983United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
  52. 1989Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
  53. 1989Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
  54. 1990Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
  55. 1990The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot.
  56. 1998An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
  57. 2000The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
  58. 2003Iraq disarmament crisis: UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Hans Blix reports to the United Nations Security Council that disarmament inspectors have found no weapons of mass destruction in Ba'athist Iraq.
  59. 2004In a suburb of Moscow, Russia, the roof of the Transvaal water park collapses, killing more than 28 people, and wounding 193 others.
  60. 2005In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000 kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
  61. 2005Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit Makati, Davao City, and General Santos, all in the Philippines.
  62. 2005YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
  63. 2008Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
  64. 2011As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'.
  65. 2018Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa.
  66. 2018A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries.
  67. 2019Pulwama attack takes place in Lethpora in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and a suicide bomber were killed and 35 were injured.
  68. 2020At least 22 people are killed in an attack on a village in Northwest Region, Cameroon.

Nacimientos (231)

  1. 1404Leon Battista Alberti, Italian painter, poet, and philosopher (died 1472)
  2. 1408John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (died 1435)
  3. 1452Pandolfo Petrucci, tyrant of Siena (died 1512)
  4. 1468Johannes Werner, German priest and mathematician (died 1522)
  5. 1483Babur, Mughal emperor (died 1530)
  6. 1490Valentin Friedland, German scholar and educationist of the Reformation (died 1556)
  7. 1513Domenico Ferrabosco, Italian composer (died 1573)
  8. 1545Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (died 1561)
  9. 1602Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (died 1676)
  10. 1614John Wilkins, English bishop, academic and natural philosopher (died 1672)
  11. 1625Countess Palatine Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken, Swedish princess (died 1687)
  12. 1628Valentine Greatrakes, Irish faith healer (died 1683)
  13. 1640Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (died 1693)
  14. 1670Rajaram Raj Bhonsle, third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy (died 1700) juliano y gregoriano
  15. 1679Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German organist and composer (died 1735) juliano y gregoriano
  16. 1692Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French author and playwright (died 1754)
  17. 1701Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (died 1773) las demás fuentes: 21 jul 1702
  18. 1763Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (died 1813) juliano y gregoriano
  19. 1782Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist (died 1870)
  20. 1784Heinrich Baermann, German clarinetist (died 1847)
  21. 1799Walenty Wańkowicz, Polish painter and illustrator (died 1842)
  22. 1800Emory Washburn, American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1877)
  23. 1808Michael Costa, Italian-English conductor and composer (died 1884) juliano y gregoriano
  24. 1812Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (died 1881) las demás fuentes: 14 jun 1812
  25. 1813Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (died 1884)
  26. 1819Christopher Latham Sholes, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter (died 1890)
  27. 1824Winfield Scott Hancock, American general and politician (died 1886)
  28. 1828Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (died 1885)
  29. 1829Alfred Iverson Jr., American Confederate Army officer (died 1911)
  30. 1835Piet Paaltjens, Dutch minister and poet (died 1894)
  31. 1838Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (died 1914)
  32. 1846Julian Scott, American soldier and drummer, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1901)
  33. 1847Anna Howard Shaw, American physician, minister, and activist (died 1919)
  34. 1848Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (died 1934)
  35. 1855Frank Harris, Irish author and journalist (died 1931) las demás fuentes: 14 feb 1856
  36. 1859George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel (died 1896)
  37. 1860Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (died 1954)
  38. 1864Hadley Williams, Canadian surgeon and educator (died 1932)
  39. 1869Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
  40. 1878Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic (died 1936)
  41. 1882John Barrymore, American actor (died 1942)
  42. 1884Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director (died 1947)
  43. 1884Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (died 1974)
  44. 1888Chandrashekhar Agashe, Indian industrialist (died 1956)
  45. 1890Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author (died 1956)
  46. 1890Dick Richards, Welsh international footballer (died 1934)
  47. 1891Katherine Stinson, American aviator (died 1977)
  48. 1892Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician (died 1948)
  49. 1894Jack Benny, American actor and producer (died 1974)
  50. 1895Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general (died 1945) las demás fuentes: 15 feb 1895
  51. 1895Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (died 1973)
  52. 1898Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer (died 1977)
  53. 1898Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died 1974)
  54. 1900Jessica Dragonette, American singer (died 1980)
  55. 1902Thelma Ritter, American actress and singer (died 1969)
  56. 1903Stuart Erwin, American actor (died 1967)
  57. 1907Johnny Longden, English-American jockey and trainer (died 2003)
  58. 1911Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch physician and inventor (died 2009)
  59. 1912Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian lawyer, explorer, and author (died 1988)
  60. 1913Mel Allen, American sportscaster (died 1996)
  61. 1913Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (died 1987)
  62. 1913Jimmy Hoffa, American trade union leader (died 1975)
  63. 1913James Pike, American bishop (died 1969)
  64. 1915Sally Gray, English actress and singer (died 2006) las demás fuentes: 14 feb 1916
  65. 1916Marcel Bigeard, French general (died 2010)
  66. 1916Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer (died 1996)
  67. 1916Edward Platt, American actor (died 1974)
  68. 1917Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
  69. 1921Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer (died 2020)
  70. 1921Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga (died 2023)
  71. 1923Jay Hebert, American golfer (died 1997)
  72. 1924Juan Ponce Enrile, Filipino politician and lawyer (died 2025)
  73. 1924Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (died 2017)
  74. 1927Lois Maxwell, Canadian-Australian model and actress (died 2007)
  75. 1928William Allain, American lawyer and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (died 2013)
  76. 1928Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (died 2014)
  77. 1929Vic Morrow, American actor and director (died 1982)
  78. 1931Brian Kelly, American actor and director (died 2005)
  79. 1932Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress
  80. 1932Alexander Kluge, German author, film director and public intellectual (died 2026)
  81. 1933Nell Hall Williams, American quilter (died 2021)
  82. 1934Florence Henderson, American actress and singer (died 2016)
  83. 1935David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, Scottish academic and diplomat, 27th Governor of Hong Kong
  84. 1936Anna German, Polish singer (died 1982)
  85. 1937John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
  86. 1937Magic Sam, American singer and guitarist (died 1969)
  87. 1938Eberhard Riedel, German Olympic alpine skier (died 2026)
  88. 1939Razzy Bailey, American country music singer-songwriter and musician (died 2021)
  89. 1939Blowfly, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)
  90. 1939Eugene Fama, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  91. 1941Donna Shalala, American academic and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
  92. 1941Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (died 1997)
  93. 1942Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician, 108th Mayor of New York City
  94. 1942Andrew Robinson, American actor and director
  95. 1942Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (died 1962)
  96. 1943Maceo Parker, American saxophonist
  97. 1944Carl Bernstein, American journalist and author
  98. 1944Alan Parker, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)
  99. 1944Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (died 1978)
  100. 1945Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
  101. 1945Rod Masterson, American lieutenant and actor (died 2013)
  102. 1946Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauru politician, President of Nauru (died 2003)
  103. 1946Gregory Hines, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2003)
  104. 1947Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1975)
  105. 1947Judd Gregg, American lawyer and politician, 76th Governor of New Hampshire
  106. 1947John Quayle, Australian rugby league player and administrator
  107. 1947Phạm Tuân, Vietnamese aviator and cosmonaut
  108. 1947Stephen A. Schwarzman, American businessman
  109. 1948Mayra Gómez Kemp, Cuban-Spanish television host and actress (died 2024)
  110. 1948Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American actress and dancer (died 2022) las demás fuentes: 13 feb 1948
  111. 1948Pat O'Brien, American journalist and author
  112. 1948Wally Tax, Dutch singer-songwriter (died 2005)
  113. 1948Teller, American magician and actor
  114. 1950Roger Fisher, American guitarist and songwriter
  115. 1951Terry Gross, American radio host and producer
  116. 1951Kevin Keegan, English footballer and manager (died 2026)
  117. 1952Sushma Swaraj, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2019)
  118. 1954Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (died 2013)
  119. 1955Carol Kalish, American publisher (died 1991)
  120. 1956Howard Davis Jr., American boxer and trainer (died 2015)
  121. 1956Dave Dravecky, American baseball player
  122. 1956Katharina Fritsch, German sculptor and academic
  123. 1957Soile Isokoski, Finnish soprano and actress
  124. 1957Alan Smith, English bishop
  125. 1957Ken Wahl, American actor fecha discutida
  126. 1958Grant Thomas, Australian footballer and coach
  127. 1959Renée Fleming, American soprano and actress
  128. 1960Philip Jones, English admiral
  129. 1960Jim Kelly, American football player and businessman
  130. 1960Meg Tilly, American actress and author
  131. 1961D'Wayne Wiggins, American musical artist (died 2025)
  132. 1962Sakina Jaffrey, American actress
  133. 1963Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor, director, and producer
  134. 1964Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist and sportscaster
  135. 1964Zach Galligan, American actor
  136. 1966Petr Svoboda, Czech ice hockey player and agent
  137. 1967Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet
  138. 1967Calle Johansson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
  139. 1967Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian-Swiss tennis player
  140. 1967Bernie Moreno, American politician and businessman
  141. 1967Mark Rutte, Dutch businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
  142. 1968Jules Asner, American model and television host
  143. 1968Chris Lewis, Guyanese-English cricketer
  144. 1968Scott McClellan, American civil servant and author, 25th White House Press Secretary
  145. 1969Meg Hillier, English journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
  146. 1970Giuseppe Guerini, Italian cyclist
  147. 1970Sean Hill, American ice hockey player
  148. 1970Simon Pegg, English actor, director, and producer
  149. 1970Takashi Saito, Japanese baseball player
  150. 1971Kris Aquino, Filipino talk show host, actress, and producer
  151. 1971Gheorghe Mureșan, Romanian basketball player
  152. 1972Drew Bledsoe, American football player and coach
  153. 1972Musōyama Masashi, Japanese sumo wrestler
  154. 1972Najwa Nimri, Spanish actress and singer
  155. 1972Jaan Tallinn, Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype
  156. 1972Rob Thomas, American singer-songwriter
  157. 1973H. D. Ackerman, South African cricketer
  158. 1973Annalisa Buffa, Italian mathematician
  159. 1973Tyus Edney, American basketball player and coach
  160. 1973Steve McNair, American football player (died 2009)
  161. 1974Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencer and politician
  162. 1975Viktor Kozlov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
  163. 1975Dámaso Marte, Dominican baseball player
  164. 1976Milan Hejduk, Czech-American ice hockey player
  165. 1976Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer-songwriter
  166. 1976Rie Rasmussen, Danish model, film director, writer, photographer, and actress las demás fuentes: 14 feb 1978
  167. 1977Anna Erschler, Russian mathematician
  168. 1977Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist
  169. 1977Jim Jefferies, Australian comedian and actor
  170. 1977Darren Purse, English footballer
  171. 1977Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (died 2007)
  172. 1978Danai Gurira, American-Zimbabwean actress
  173. 1978Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
  174. 1978Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
  175. 1980Josh Senter, American screenwriter and producer las demás fuentes: 14 feb 1979
  176. 1980Michelle Ye, Hong Kong actress and producer
  177. 1981Matteo Brighi, Italian footballer
  178. 1981Randy de Puniet, French motorcycle racer
  179. 1981Brad Halsey, American baseball player (died 2014)
  180. 1981Kara Lawson, American basketball player and coach
  181. 1981Jared Lorenzen, American football player (died 2019)
  182. 1982Marián Gáborík, Slovak ice hockey player
  183. 1982John Halls, English footballer and model
  184. 1982Lenka Tvarošková, Slovak tennis player
  185. 1983Callix Crabbe, Virgin Islander baseball player
  186. 1983Rocky Elsom, Australian rugby player
  187. 1983Bacary Sagna, French footballer
  188. 1984Matt Barr, American actor
  189. 1985Karima Adebibe, English model and actress
  190. 1985Tyler Clippard, American baseball player
  191. 1985Heart Evangelista, Filipino singer and actress
  192. 1985Philippe Senderos, Swiss footballer
  193. 1985Miki Yeung, Hong Kong singer and actress
  194. 1986Michael Ammermüller, German racing driver
  195. 1986Oliver Lee, English actor, director, and screenwriter
  196. 1986Gao Lin, Chinese footballer
  197. 1986Tiffany Thornton, American actress and singer
  198. 1987Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
  199. 1987Tom Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player
  200. 1987David Wheater, English footballer
  201. 1987Candice Wiggins, American basketball player
  202. 1988Katie Boland, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
  203. 1988Ángel Di María, Argentinian footballer
  204. 1988Siim Liivik, Estonian ice hockey player
  205. 1989Néstor Calderón, Mexican footballer
  206. 1989Adam Matuszczyk, Polish footballer
  207. 1989Emma Miskew, Canadian curler
  208. 1989Byron Mullens, American basketball player
  209. 1989Derek Norris, American baseball player
  210. 1989Brandon Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
  211. 1989Jurij Tepeš, Slovenian ski jumper
  212. 1989Kristian Thomas, English gymnast
  213. 1990Chris Babb, American basketball player
  214. 1990Brett Dier, Canadian actor
  215. 1990Bogdan Kiselevich, Russian ice hockey player
  216. 1990Sefa Yılmaz, German-Turkish footballer
  217. 1991Karol G, Colombian singer and songwriter
  218. 1991Daniela Mona Lambin, Estonian footballer fecha discutida
  219. 1992Christian Eriksen, Danish footballer
  220. 1992Freddie Highmore, English actor
  221. 1992Petr Mrázek, Czech ice hockey player
  222. 1993Jadeveon Clowney, American football player
  223. 1993Alberto Rosende, American actor and singer
  224. 1996Nikolaj Ehlers, Danish ice hockey player
  225. 1996Poasa Faamausili, New Zealand rugby league player
  226. 1996Lucas Hernandez, French footballer
  227. 1997Jaehyun, South Korean singer and actor
  228. 1997Breel Embolo, Swiss footballer
  229. 1999Tyler Adams, American soccer player
  230. 2000Gabriel Moreno, Venezuelan baseball player
  231. 2002Jaxon Smith-Njigba, American football player

Fallecimientos (111)

  1. 269Saint Valentine, Roman saint
  2. 869Cyril, Greek missionary bishop and saint (born 827)
  3. 945Lian Chongyu, Chinese general
  4. 945Zhu Wenjin, Chinese emperor
  5. 1009Bruno of Querfurt, German missionary bishop
  6. 1010Fujiwara no Korechika, Japanese nobleman (born 974)
  7. 1140Leo I, Armenian prince
  8. 1140Sobĕslav I, duke of Bohemia
  9. 1164Sviatoslav Olgovich, Kievan prince
  10. 1229Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, king of the Isles
  11. 1318Margaret of France, queen of England
  12. 1400Richard II, king of England (born 1367)
  13. 1440Dietrich of Oldenburg, German nobleman
  14. 1489Nicolaus von Tüngen, prince-bishop of Warmia
  15. 1528Edzard I, German nobleman (born 1462)
  16. 1549Il Sodoma, Italian painter (born 1477)
  17. 1676Abraham Bosse, French engraver and illustrator (born 1602)
  18. 1714Maria Luisa of Savoy, queen of Spain (born 1688)
  19. 1737Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, English lawyer and politician Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1685)
  20. 1744John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (born 1682)
  21. 1755Isidro de Espinosa, Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (born 1679)
  22. 1779James Cook, English captain, cartographer, and explorer (born 1728)
  23. 1780William Blackstone, English jurist and politician (born 1723)
  24. 1782Singu Min, Burmese king (born 1756)
  25. 1808John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (born 1732)
  26. 1831Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (born 1782)
  27. 1831Henry Maudslay, English engineer (born 1771)
  28. 1870St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (born 1815)
  29. 1881Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (born 1812)
  30. 1884Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (born 1813)
  31. 1885Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (born 1832)
  32. 1891William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (born 1820)
  33. 1894Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (born 1814)
  34. 1910Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (born 1849) juliano y gregoriano
  35. 1922Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (born 1880; assassinated)
  36. 1923Charles Henry Turner, American zoologist, educator, and comparative psychologist (born 1867)
  37. 1924Amalie Andersen, Norwegian actress (born 1861)
  38. 1929Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (born 1875)
  39. 1930Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1853)
  40. 1933Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (born 1864)
  41. 1937Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (born 1875)
  42. 1942Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (born 1915)
  43. 1943Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (born 1899)
  44. 1943David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1862)
  45. 1943Aleksander Meysztowicz, Polish politician and landowner (bron 1864)
  46. 1948Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (born 1876)
  47. 1949Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (born 1901)
  48. 1950Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (born 1905)
  49. 1952Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (born 1896)
  50. 1956Harold Edward Dahl, American pilot and mercenary (born 1909)
  51. 1958Abdur Rab Nishtar, Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab (born 1899)
  52. 1959Baby Dodds, American drummer (born 1898)
  53. 1967Sig Ruman, German-American actor (born 1884)
  54. 1969Vito Genovese, Italian-American mob boss (born 1897)
  55. 1970Bert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (born 1880)
  56. 1974Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (born 1903)
  57. 1975Julian Huxley, English biologist and eugenicist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (born 1887)
  58. 1975P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright (born 1881)
  59. 1976Gertrud Dorka, German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (born 1893)
  60. 1976George Washington Bacon III, American soldier, CIA agent, and mercenary (born 1946)
  61. 1976Charlie Christodoulou, British soldier and mercenary of the Angolan Civil War (born 1951)
  62. 1979Adolph Dubs, American lieutenant and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (born 1920)
  63. 1983Lina Radke, German runner and coach (born 1903)
  64. 1986Edmund Rubbra, English composer and conductor (born 1901)
  65. 1987Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian pianist and composer (born 1904)
  66. 1988Frederick Loewe, German-American composer (born 1901)
  67. 1989James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (born 1900)
  68. 1989Vincent Crane, English pianist (born 1943)
  69. 1994Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet serial killer (born 1936)
  70. 1994Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (born 1932)
  71. 1995Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright (born 1923)
  72. 1995U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (born 1907)
  73. 1996Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (born 1919)
  74. 1998Peter Koch (wood scientist), American industrial engineer and wood scientist (born 1920)
  75. 1999John Ehrlichman, American lawyer and politician, 12th White House Counsel (born 1925)
  76. 1999Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1933)
  77. 2002Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1922)
  78. 2002Mick Tucker, English drummer (born 1947)
  79. 2003Johnny Longden, English jockey and trainer (born 1907)
  80. 2004Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (born 1970)
  81. 2005Rafic Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1944; assassinated)
  82. 2006Lynden David Hall, English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1974)
  83. 2007Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator and director (born 1943)
  84. 2007Gareth Morris, English flute player and educator (born 1920)
  85. 2008Perry Lopez, American actor (born 1929)
  86. 2009Bernard Ashley, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Laura Ashley plc (born 1926)
  87. 2009Louie Bellson, American drummer and composer (born 1924)
  88. 2010Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)
  89. 2010Dick Francis, Welsh jockey and author (born 1920)
  90. 2010Linnart Mäll, Estonian historian, orientalist, and translator (born 1938)
  91. 2011George Shearing, English-American pianist and composer (born 1919)
  92. 2012Mike Bernardo, South African boxer and martial artist (born 1969)
  93. 2012Tonmi Lillman, Finnish drummer and producer (born 1973)
  94. 2012Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter (born 1925)
  95. 2012Péter Rusorán, Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (born 1940)
  96. 2013Glenn Boyer, American historian and author (born 1924)
  97. 2013Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (born 1931)
  98. 2014Tom Finney, English footballer (born 1922)
  99. 2014Chris Pearson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (born 1931)
  100. 2014Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory (born 1919)
  101. 2015Louis Jourdan, French-American actor and singer (born 1921)
  102. 2015Philip Levine, American poet and academic (born 1928)
  103. 2015Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (born 1920)
  104. 2016Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (born 1928)
  105. 2016Steven Stucky, American composer and academic (born 1949)
  106. 2018Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (born 1939)
  107. 2018Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (born 1952)
  108. 2019Andrea Levy, English author (born 1956)
  109. 2021Carlos Menem, Argentine former president, lawyer, and statesman (born 1930)
  110. 2021William Meninger, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1932)
  111. 2026Tom Noonan, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1951)

Celebraciones (4)

  1. Statehood Day (Arizona, United States)
  2. Statehood Day (Oregon, United States)
  3. Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Armenian Apostolic Church)
  4. Parents' Worship Day (parts of India)

Santoral (6)

  1. Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of Europe (Roman Catholic Church)
  2. Eleuchadius
  3. Manchan
  4. Valentine (see also Valentine's Day)
  5. Vicente Vilar David
  6. February 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)