February 23rd, 1182

Born on February 23rd, 1182

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 307,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 337 days, exactly on June 3rd, 2025, people who were born on February 23rd, 1182 will be 308,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 23rd?

February 23rd, 2017

Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.

February 23rd, 2008

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the most expensive crash in U.S. Air Force history.

February 23rd, 1987

SN 1987A, a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, was observed from Earth.

February 23rd, 1971

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

February 23rd, 1945

American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

February 23rd, 1943

35 children and 1 adult employee were killed in a fire at an orphanage in the town of Cavan, Ireland.

February 23rd, 1941

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.

February 23rd, 1886

American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium (sample pictured).

February 23rd, 1847

Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo.

February 23rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania as a volunteer for the Continental Army.

February 23rd, 1739

The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial.

February 23rd, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

February 23rd, 2019

Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

February 23rd, 2017

The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.

February 23rd, 2010

Unknown criminals pour more than 2+1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 23rd?

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

74

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)

*February 23rd, 1685, Halle (Saale) †April 14th, 1759, London

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

*February 23rd, 1883, Oldenburg †February 26th, 1969, Basel

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

95

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

*February 23rd, 1868, Great Barrington †August 27th, 1963, Accra

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

92

Christian Habicht

German historian and epigrapher (1926–2018)

*February 23rd, 1926, Dortmund †August 6th, 2018, Princeton

36

nisola gaitani

Argentine footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, General San Martín

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

41

Emily Blunt

British actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

27

Benjamin Henrichs

German association football player

*February 23rd, 1997, Bocholt

49

Robert Lopez

American songwriter of musicals

*February 23rd, 1975, New York City

35

Evan Bates

American ice dancer

*February 23rd, 1989, Ann Arbor

70

Viktor Yushchenko

Ukrainian politician who was President of Ukraine

*February 23rd, 1954, Khoruzhivka

71

Peter of Portugal

Count of Urgell (1187-1258)

*February 23rd, 1187, Coimbra †June 2nd, 1258, Mallorca

63

Caroline von Humboldt

German salon-holder, wife of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1766–1829)

*February 23rd, 1766, Minden †March 26th, 1829, Berlin

19

Félix Bossuet

French actor

*February 23rd, 2005, Paris

52

David Kalisch

German writer (1820-1872)

*February 23rd, 1820, Wrocław †August 21st, 1872, Berlin

45

S. E. Cupp

American conservative political commentator and writer

*February 23rd, 1979, Carlsbad

75

Luigi Denza

Italian composer

*February 23rd, 1846, Castellammare di Stabia †January 26th, 1922, London

85

Jef Geeraerts

Belgian novelist

*February 23rd, 1930, Antwerp †May 11th, 2015, Ghent

68

Luigi Cibrario

Italian politician and historian (1802-1870)

*February 23rd, 1802, Turin †October 1st, 1870, Province of Brescia

50

Niño Josele

Spanish guitarist

*February 23rd, 1974, Almería

43

Jan Böhmermann

German journalist and television presenter

*February 23rd, 1981, Bremen

71

Luis Alberto Quevedo

Uruguayan sociologist, university professor, researcher, journalist and essayist

*February 23rd, 1953, Rivera

46

Lars Klingbeil

German politician (born 1978)

*February 23rd, 1978, Soltau

32

Casemiro

Brazilian association football player

*February 23rd, 1992, São José dos Campos

87

Margaret Deland

American writer and poet (1857–1945)

*February 23rd, 1857, Allegheny †January 13th, 1945, Boston

67

Bernd Wiegand

German politician

*February 23rd, 1957, Brunswick

54

Paul II

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471

*February 23rd, 1417, Venice †July 26th, 1471, Rome

63

Regine Schumann

Lightartist, Painter

*February 23rd, 1961, Goslar

59

Michael Dell

American businessman and CEO

*February 23rd, 1965, Houston

34

Jan Tratnik

Cyclist

*February 23rd, 1990, Ljubljana

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics) which are celebrated on February 23rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1182 is a normal year and no leap year.

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