What Happened in February 1572

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)

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 23 Pierre Certon, French composer
  • Feb 28 Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)