Historical Events Roman Inquisition Feb 26 The Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun Astronomer and Physicist Galileo Galilei Famous Birthdays Feb 28 Kaspar Förster, German composer, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1673) Born in 1616 Famous Deaths Feb 12 Johannes van den Driesche, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 Jan 1616 History by Year Mar 1616 What Happened in 1616 Dirk Hartog Makes Landfall in AustraliaOctober 25, 1616
