Historical Events Historic Event Feb 26 Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun Astronomer and Physicist Galileo Galilei Famous Birthdays Feb 19 Jacques de Saint-Luc, Flemish composer and lutenist, born in Ath (d. ca. 1710) Feb 28 Kaspar Förster, German composer, born in Gdańsk, Poland (d. 1673) Famous Deaths Feb 12 Johannes van den Driesche, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 1615 History by Year 1617 What Happened in 1616 Dirk Hartog Discovers Australia October 25, 1616
