Feb 14 John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor, born in Penshurst Place, Kent (d. 1737) Feb 25 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, Bohemian lutenist, composer, and patron (Gluck), born in Neustadt an der Waldnab, Bacaria (now Germany) (d. 1734) 1679 Famous Birthdays by Year 1681