Historical Events Feb 24 Treaty of Nagyvarad/Peace of Grosswardein signed between Ferdinand I of Austria and John Zápolya of Hungary. Famous Deaths Feb 12 Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 Feb 16 Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65 Feb 26 Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies 1537 History by Year 1539