Famous Birthdays Feb 12 Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, born in Malmö, Denmark (modern Sweden) (d. 1629) Feb 25 Pieter van den Broecke, Dutch merchant with East India Company who established first Dutch trade with Arabia, born in Antwerp (d. 1640) Born in 1585 Famous Deaths Feb 6 Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) Feb 13 Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar, dies at 69 Jan 1585 History by Year Mar 1585 Famous People by their Chinese Zodiac Animal Year of the Rabbit2023 Year of the Dragon2024 Year of the Snake2025 Year of the Horse2026 Year of the Goat/Sheep2027 Year of the Monkey2028