Famous Birthdays Feb 5 Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) Feb 5 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French aristocrat playwright and poet, born in Aubigné-Racan, France (d. 1670) Feb 7 Jacob de Witt, Dutch politician (Mayor of Dordrecht), and mathematician (d. 1674) Born in 1589 Famous Deaths Feb 19 Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522) Jan 1589 History by Year Mar 1589 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