Famous Birthdays Feb 9 Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza Feb 14 Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, born in Crema, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1676) Feb 18 Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) Famous Deaths Feb 3 Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62 Feb 13 Alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St Paul's, dies Feb 19 Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier, dies at 43 Feb 25 Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51 1601 History by Year 1603