Famous Birthdays Feb 2 Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam) Feb 24 Matthias C Sarbiewski [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet Famous Deaths Feb 12 Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) Feb 20 Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41 Feb 21 Robert Southwell, English Roman Catholic priest and Jesuit and poet, hung drawing, and quartered for treason at 33 (canonized 1970) 1594 History by Year 1596 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