Famous Birthdays Feb 12 Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, born in Malmö, Denmark (modern Sweden) (d. 1629) Famous Deaths Feb 6 Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (b. 1518) Feb 13 Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar, dies at 69 1584 History by Year 1586 Famous People by their Chinese Zodiac Animal Year of the Rat2020 Year of the Ox2021 Year of the Tiger2022 Year of the Rabbit2023 Year of the Dragon2024 Year of the Snake2025