February 15

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Events

Pre-1600

438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1002 – At an assembly at Pavia of Lombard nobles, Arduin of Ivrea is restored to his domains and crowned King of Italy.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1113 – Pope Paschal II issues Pie Postulatio Voluntatis, recognizing the Order of Hospitallers.<ref name=history>Template:Cite web</ref>
1214 – During the Anglo-French War (1213–1214), an English invasion force led by John, King of England, lands at La Rochelle in France.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1493 – While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1637 – Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1690 – Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
1764 – The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1798 – The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier.
1835 – Serbia's Sretenje Constitution briefly comes into effect.
1852 – The Helsinki Cathedral (known as St. Nicholas' Church at time) is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1862 – American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces besieging Fort Donelson in Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, the Confederates surrender the following day.<ref>Nevin, David, and the Editors of Time-Life Books. The Road to Shiloh: Early Battles in the West. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1983. Template:ISBN pp. 84–86</ref>
1870 – Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, US, and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1879 – Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
1898 – The battleship Template:USS explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing about 274 of the ship's roughly 354 crew.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The disaster pushes the United States to declare war on Spain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1899 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia issues a declaration known as the February Manifesto, which reduces the autonomy of the Grand Duchy of Finland, thus beginning the first period of oppression.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

1909 – The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
1923 – Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
1925 – The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1933 – In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6.
1940 – Paul Creston's Saxophone Sonata was officially premiered at the Carnegie Chamber Hall by saxophonist Cecil Leeson, who had commissioned it, and the composer.<ref>Template:Cite thesis</ref>
1942 – World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
1944 – World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
1944 – World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
1945 – World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden.
1946 – ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
1949 – Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
1952 – King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
1954 – Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
1961 – Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
1965 – The maple leaf is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the Canadian Red Ensign flag.
1970 – A Dominicana de Aviación McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes into the Caribbean Sea after takeoff from Las Américas International Airport, killing 102, including members of the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team and lightweight boxer Carlos Cruz.<ref name="TWS">Template:Cite news</ref>
1971 – The decimalisation of the currencies of the United Kingdom and Ireland is completed on Decimal Day.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972 – Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
1972 – José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
1982 – The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers.
1989 – Soviet–Afghan War: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
1991 – The Visegrád Group, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
1992 – Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is sentenced in Milwaukee to 15 terms of life in prison.
1992 – Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes in Swanton, Ohio, near Toledo Express Airport, killing all four people on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3B rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere between six and 100 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – The Embassy of the United States, Athens, is attacked by an antitank rocket, launched by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
2003 – Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million and 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
2010 – Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.
2012 – Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.
2013 – A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
2021 – Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on the Congo River near the village of Longola Ekoti, Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1377 – Ladislaus of Naples (d. 1414)
1458 – Ivan the Young, son of Ivan III of Russia (d. 1490)
1472 – Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (d. 1503)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1506 – Juliana of Stolberg, German countess (d. 1580)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1519 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, first Spanish Governor of Florida (d. 1574)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1557 – Alfonso Fontanelli, Italian composer (d. 1622)
1564 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1642)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1612 – Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (d. 1676)
1627 – Charles Morton, Cornish nonconformist minister (d. 1698)
1638 – Zeb-un-Nissa, Mughal princess and poet (d. 1702)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1705 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d. 1765)
1710 – Louis XV of France (d. 1774)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1725 – Abraham Clark, American surveyor, lawyer, and politician (d. 1794)
1734 – William Stacy, American colonel (d. 1802)
1739 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Paris Bourse (d. 1813)
1748 – Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (d. 1832)
1759 – Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and critic (d. 1824)
1760 – Lars Ingier, Norwegian road manager, land owner, and mill owner (d. 1828)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1760 – Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer and educator (d. 1837)
1809 – André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (d. 1857)
1809 – Cyrus McCormick, American journalist and businessman, co-founded International Harvester (d. 1884)
1810 – Mary S. B. Shindler, American poet, writer, and editor (d. 1883)<ref name="Hart1857">Template:Cite book</ref>
1811 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (d. 1888)
1812 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (d. 1902)
1820 – Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist and activist (d. 1906)
1825 – Carter Harrison, Sr., American lawyer and politician, 29th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1893)
1834 – V. A. Urechia, Moldavian-Romanian historian, author, and playwright (d. 1901)
1835 – Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and philanthropist (d. 1908)
1839 – Rayko Zhinzifov, Bulgarian poet and translator (d. 1877)<ref name="ik">Template:Cite book</ref>
1840 – Titu Maiorescu, Romanian philosopher, academic, and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1917)
1841 – Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil (d. 1913)
1845 – Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
1847 – Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1927)
1849 – Rickman Godlee, English surgeon and academic (d. 1925)
1850 – Sophie Bryant, Irish mathematician, academic and activist (d. 1922)
1851 – Spiru Haret, Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician, 55th Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs (d. 1912)
1856 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist and academic (d. 1926)
1861 – Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
1861 – Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
1873 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1874 – Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer (d. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1883 – Sax Rohmer, English-American author (d. 1959)
1890 – Robert Ley, German politician (d. 1945)
1892 – James Forrestal, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1949)
1893 – Roman Najuch, Polish professional tennis player (d. 1967)
1897 – Gerrit Kleerekoper, Dutch gymnast and coach (d. 1943)
1898 – Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
1899 – Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
1899 – Gale Sondergaard, Danish-American actress (d. 1985)

1901–present

1904 – Mary Adshead, English painter (d. 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1904 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist and manager (d. 1983)
1905 – Harold Arlen, American composer (d. 1986)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1907 – Jean Langlais, French organist and composer (d. 1991)
1907 – Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)<ref name="UPI"/>
1908 – Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1980)
1909 – Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family (d. 2010)<ref name="UPI"/>
1910 – Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian, Righteous Gentile (d. 2008)
1912 – George Mikes, Hungarian-English journalist and author (d. 1987)
1913 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997)
1914 – Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (d. 1972)
1914 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (d. 2010)
1916 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)
1918 – Allan Arbus, American actor and photographer (d. 2013)
1918 – Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1919 – Ducky Detweiler, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
1920 – Endicott Peabody, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1997)
1920 – Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (d. 2010)
1921 – Norman C. Deno, American chemist and plant scientist, (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1922 – John B. Anderson, Swedish-American lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
1923 – Yelena Bonner, Soviet-Russian activist (d. 2011)
1924 – Robert Drew, American director and producer (d. 2014)
1925 – Angella D. Ferguson, American pediatrician
1927 – Frank Dunlop, English actor and director
1927 – Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)<ref name="UPI"/>
1927 – Yehoshua Neuwirth, Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013)
1928 – Joseph Willcox Jenkins, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2014)
1929 – Graham Hill, English racing driver and businessman (d. 1975)
1929 – James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2014)
1930 – Bruce Dawe, Australian poet and academic (d. 2020)<ref name="Romei">Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Claire Bloom, English actress<ref name="AP"/>
1931 – Jonathan Steele, English journalist and author
1934 – Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1934 – Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (d. 2005)
1934 – Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist, created the Pascal programming language (d. 2024)
1934 – Abe Woodson, American football player and minister (d. 2014)
1935 – Susan Brownmiller, American journalist and author
1935 – Roger B. Chaffee, American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1935 – Gene Hickerson, American football player (d. 2008)
1937 – Gregory Mcdonald, American author (d. 2008)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1937 – Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)
1940 – İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2007)
1940 – Hamzah Haz, Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1941 – Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
1941 – Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1944 – Mick Avory, English musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1945 – Jack Dann, American-Australian author and poet
1945 – Douglas Hofstadter, American author and academic
1946 – Clare Short, English civil servant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
1946 – John Trudell, American author, poet, and actor (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – John Adams, American composer
1947 – Marisa Berenson, American model and actress<ref name="AP"/>
1948 – Art Spiegelman, Swedish-American cartoonist and critic
1949 – Ken Anderson, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1951 – Markku Alén, Finnish racing driver
1951 – Melissa Manchester, American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"/>
1951 – Jane Seymour, English-American actress, producer, and jewelry designer<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1952 – Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian politician, 4th President of Serbia
1952 – Nikolai Sorokin, Russian actor and director (d. 2013)
1953 – Ernie Howe, English footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1953 – Lynn Whitfield, American actress and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1954 – Matt Groening, American animator, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1955 – Janice Dickinson, American model, agent, and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1955 – Christopher McDonald, American actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1956 – Desmond Haynes, Barbadian cricketer and coach
1956 – Ann Westin, Swedish comedian
1958 – Chrystine Brouillet, Canadian author
1958 – Tony McKegney, Canadian ice hockey player
1958 – Matthew Ward, American singer-songwriter
1959 – Ali Campbell, English singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/>
1959 – Joseph R. Gannascoli, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1959 – Brian Propp, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1959 – Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler and sportscaster
1960 – Darrell Green, American football player
1960 – Jock Hobbs, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2012)
1962 – Milo Đukanović, Montenegrin politician, 29th Prime Minister of Montenegro
1963 – Steven Michael Quezada, American actor, comedian, and politician<ref name="AP"/>
1964 – Chris Farley, American comedian and actor (d. 1997)<ref name="UPI"/>
1964 – Leland D. Melvin, American engineer and astronaut<ref name="UPI"/>
1964 – Mark Price, American basketball player and coach
1965 – Craig Matthews, South African cricketer
1967 – Jane Child, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1967 – Syed Kamall, English academic and politician
1967 – Craig Simpson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1969 – Birdman, American rapper and producer<ref name="UPI"/>
1970 – Shepard Fairey, American artist and activist
1971 – Alex Borstein, American actress, voice artist, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1971 – Renee O'Connor, American actress, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
1972 – Jaromír Jágr, Czech ice hockey player
1973 – Kateřina Neumannová, Czech skier
1973 – Amy van Dyken, American swimmer
1973 – Sarah Wynter, Australian actress<ref name="AP"/>
1974 – Miranda July, American actress, director, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI"/>
1974 – Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan baseball player
1974 – Alexander Wurz, Austrian racing driver and businessman
1975 – Serge Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1975 – Sébastien Bordeleau, Canadian-French ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1975 – Annemarie Kramer, Dutch sprinter
1975 – Brendon Small, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor
1976 – Brandon Boyd, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1976 – Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
1976 – Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1977 – Álex González, Venezuelan baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Ronald Petrovický, Slovak ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Hamish Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
1979 – James Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
1980 – Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
1981 – Heurelho Gomes, Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1981 – Matt Hoopes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Rita Jeptoo, Kenyan runner
1981 – Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
1981 – Vivek Shraya, Canadian singer and songwriter
1982 – Shameka Christon, American basketball player
1982 – James Yap, Filipino basketball player
1983 – Eddie Basden, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1983 – Don Cowie, Scottish footballer
1983 – David Degen, Swiss footballer
1983 – Philipp Degen, Swiss footballer
1983 – Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player
1984 – Gary Clark Jr., American singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/>
1984 – Matt Duffer, American film director, writer, and producer<ref name="UPI"/>
1984 – Ross Duffer, American film director, writer, and producer<ref name="UPI"/>
1984 – Nate Schierholtz, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Serkan Kırıntılı, Turkish footballer
1985 – Natalie Morales, American actress and director<ref name="AP"/>
1986 – Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
1986 – Johnny Cueto, Dominican baseball player
1986 – Amber Riley, American actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Laura Sallés, Andorran judoka<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Papu Gómez, Argentine footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Rui Patrício, Portuguese footballer
1989 – Mark Canha, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Callum Turner, English actor<ref name="AP"/>
1991 – Ángel Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer
1991 – Rich Swann, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Ravi, South Korean rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Geoffrey Kondogbia, Central African footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Manuel Lanzini, Argentine footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Sodapoppin, American Twitch streamer and internet personality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 – Megan Thee Stallion, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Derrick Jones Jr., American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – Justin Reid, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Zachary Gordon, American actor<ref name="AP"/>
1998 – George Russell, English racing driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 – Jakub Kiwior, Polish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Šimon Nemec, Slovak ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

670 – Oswiu, king of Northumbria (b. c. 612)
706 – Leontios, Byzantine emperor
706 – Tiberios III, Byzantine emperor
815 – Ibn Tabataba, Zaydi anti-caliph<ref>Template:EI2</ref>
956 – Su Yugui, Chinese chancellor (b. 895)
1043 – Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (b. 990)<ref>Template:NDB</ref>
1145 – Lucius II, pope of the Catholic Church<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1152 – Conrad III, king of Germany (b. 1093)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1382 – William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (b. c. 1339)
1417 – Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1385)
1508 – Giovanni II Bentivoglio, tyrant of Bologna (b. 1443)
1600 – José de Acosta, Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist (b. 1540)

1601–1900

1621 – Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1571)
1637 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
1738 – Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
1772 – Mitromaras, Greek rebel and pirate<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1781 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)
1818 – Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
1835 – Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
1839 – François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
1842 – Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1844 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
1847 – Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
1848 – Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
1849 – Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
1857 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
1869 – Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
1877 – Rayko Zhinzifov, Bulgarian poet and translator (b. 1839)<ref name="ik" />
1885 – Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
1885 – Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
1897 – Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)

1901–present

1901 – Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1905 – Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
1911 – Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)
1924 – Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
1928 – H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
1932 – Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
1933 – Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
1939 – Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
1956 – Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
1959 – Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
1961 – Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965 – Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
1966 – Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909)
1966 – Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and theologian (b. 1929)
1967 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (b. 1887)
1970 – Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (b. 1882)
1973 – Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
1974 – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer and engineer (b. 1887)
1981 – Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
1981 – Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (b. 1926)
1984 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
1988 – Richard Feynman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1992 – María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
1992 – William Schuman, American composer and academic (b. 1910)
1996 – McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
1999 – Henry Way Kendall, American physicist and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
2000 – Angus MacLean, Canadian commander and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1914)
2002 – Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (b. 1914)
2002 – Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
2004 – Jens Evensen, Norwegian lawyer, judge, and politician, Norwegian Minister of Trade (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
2005 – Sam Francis, American historian and journalist (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Walker Edmiston, American actor (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref>
2007 – Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
2008 – Johnny Weaver, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1935)
2010 – Jeanne M. Holm, American general (b. 1921)
2012 – Cyril Domb, English-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Sanan Kachornprasart, Thai general and politician (b. 1935)
2013 – Ahmed Rajib Haider, Bangladeshi atheist blogger<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014 – Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1924)
2014 – Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)
2015 – Haron Amin, Afghan diplomat, Afghan Ambassador to Japan (b. 1969)
2015 – Arnaud de Borchgrave, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
2015 – Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1979)
2016 – George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (b. 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Cbignore</ref>
2016 – Vanity, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (b. 1959)<ref>Lenker, Margaret (February 15, 2016). "Denise 'Vanity' Matthews, Singer and Protege of Prince, Dies at 57". Variety. Retrieved November 20, 2019.</ref>
2017 – Stuart McLean, Canadian radio broadcaster (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 – Lee Radziwill, American socialite (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – Caroline Flack, English actress and TV presenter (b. 1979)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022 – Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer, composer and record producer (b. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2022 – P.J. O'Rourke, American author, humorist, and journalist (b. 1947)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2023 – Raquel Welch, American actress and singer (b. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – George Armitage, American film director (b. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025 – Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese businessman (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2025 – Muhsin Hendricks, South African imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT activist (b. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Earliest day on which Family Day can fall, while February 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in February. (parts of Canada)
Earliest day on which Washington's Birthday can fall, while February 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in February. (United States)
International Duties Memorial Day (Russia, regional)
John Frum Day (Vanuatu)
Liberation Day (Afghanistan)
National Flag of Canada Day (Canada)
Parinirvana Day, also celebrated on February 8. (Mahayana Buddhism)
Singles Awareness Day
Annoy Squidward Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Statehood Day (Serbia)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Susan B. Anthony Day (Florida, United States)
The ENIAC Day (Philadelphia, United States)
Total Defence Day (Singapore)

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