Historical Events Feb 9 Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake for heresy Famous Birthdays Feb 25 Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (Versa est in luctum), baptized in Osuna, Habsburg Spain (d. 1617) Famous Deaths Feb 9 John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy Feb 9 Rowland Taylor, English clergyman, dies at 44 1554 History by Year 1556