In 1382, in the Parliament of Fowls (1382), he mentions that Valentine’s Day was when birds chose their mates. The earliest association with February 14 as an annual celebration of love appears ...

In his circa 1382 poem "The Parliament of Fowls," possibly written to commemorate the engagement of King Richard II, he envisions birds gathering on St. Valentine's Day to choose their mates.

“For this was on Saint Valentine’s Day, when every bird comes there to choose his mate,” he says in his poem Parliament of Fowls from 1382. Sending love notes on Valentine’s Day as a ...