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What Happened in February 1680

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Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 14 John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor, born in Penshurst Place, Kent (d. 1737)
  • Feb 25 Philipp Hyacinth von Lobkowitz, Bohemian lutenist, composer, and patron (Gluck), born in Neustadt an der Waldnab, Duchy of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1734)
Born in 1680

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 11 Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German philosopher and abbess (corresponded with RenĂ© Descartes), dies at 61
  • Feb 17 Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer, dies at 81
  • Feb 17 Jan Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist and entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43
  • Feb 22 Catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640)

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