Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Feb 5 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author famous for her letter-writing, born in Paris (d. 1696)
Famous Deaths
- Feb 7 William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
- Feb 11 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician, dies at 77
- Feb 20 John Dowland, British (or Irish?) Renaissance lutenist, singer, and composer ("I saw my Lady weepe"; "Flow My Tears"), dies and is buried at 63
- Feb 28 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
