Historical Events
- Feb 26 Mauritius of Nassaus sails to Breda
Famous Deaths
- Feb 1 Lawrence Humphrey, English clergyman and educator, dies at 63
- Feb 4 Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer and musical theorist, dies at 73
- Feb 5 Bernardino de Sahagún, Spanish Franciscan friar called "the first anthropologist" for his studies of Aztec beliefs and culture, dies (b. 1499) [1]
- Feb 12 François Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer and diplomat (Anti-Tribonien), dies at 65
