Historical Events Feb 5 Beggars assault Oisterwijk in the Netherlands, drive nuns out Famous Birthdays Feb 14 Hans Christoph Heyden, German composer, organist and poet, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1617) Born in 1572 Famous Deaths Feb 23 Pierre Certon, French composer Feb 28 Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) Jan 1572 History by Year Mar 1572 What Happened in 1572 The Lost Love of Cheating HenryJune 9, 1572