February 28th, 1466

Born on February 28th, 1466

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 203,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 133 days, exactly on September 10th, 2024, people who were born on February 28th, 1466 will be 204,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 28th?

February 28th, 2021

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history.

February 28th, 2013

Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy.

February 28th, 2002

During a period of religious violence in Gujarat, India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and in Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths.

February 28th, 2001

A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.

February 28th, 1997

Two heavily armed bank robbers exchanged gunfire with officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood, in one of the most intense gun battles in American police history.

February 28th, 1985

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine people.

February 28th, 1975

A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.

February 28th, 1974

The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.

February 28th, 1972

Japanese police stormed a mountain lodge near Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to end a ten-day siege by members of the paramilitary group United Red Army.

February 28th, 1963

Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was murdered in his office by unknown assailants two days after having been reelected.

February 28th, 1947

Nationalist soldiers fired on protesters in Taipei (crowd pictured), triggering widespread uprisings and violent suppression in the White Terror.

February 28th, 1928

Indian physicist C. V. Raman and his colleagues discovered what is now known as Raman scattering, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

February 28th, 1914

In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.

February 28th, 1904

The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.

February 28th, 1897

Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by French military forces.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 28th?

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

59

Michel de Montaigne

French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)

*February 28th, 1533, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne †September 12th, 1592, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

93

Linus Pauling

American scientist

*February 28th, 1901, Portland †August 18th, 1994, Big Sur

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Brooklyn †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

89

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

*February 28th, 1923, Highland Falls †December 24th, 2012, New York City

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

93

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

*February 28th, 1925, Berlin †March 3rd, 2018, Berlin

84

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

*February 28th, 1932, Burnaby †April 3rd, 2016, Toronto

85

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

36

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

76

Steven Chu

American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

71

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

*February 28th, 1953, Albany

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69

Erasmus

Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian

*October 28th, 1466, Rotterdam †July 12th, 1536, Basel

37

Elizabeth of York

Queen of England

*February 11th, 1466, Palace of Westminster †February 11th, 1503, Tower of London

44

Giovanni Sforza

Italian noble

*July 5th, 1466, Pesaro †July 27th, 1510, Pesaro

52

Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua

Ruler of the Italian city of Mantua (1466–1519)

*August 10th, 1466, Mantua †March 29th, 1519, Mantua

54

Johann V Thurzo

Polish bishop

*April 16th, 1466, Kraków †August 2nd, 1520, Nysa

93

Andrea Doria

Admiral of the Republic of Genoa (1466–1560)

*November 30th, 1466, Oneglia †November 25th, 1560, Genoa

68

Diego García de Paredes

Spanish soldier

*January 1st, 1466, Trujillo, Cáceres †January 1st, 1534, Bologna

48

William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

Landgrave of Lower Hesse

*July 4th, 1466, Kassel †February 8th, 1515, Spangenberg Castle

72

Ottaviano Petrucci

Italian printer

*June 18th, 1466, Fossombrone †May 7th, 1539, Venice

69

Marino Sanuto the Younger

Italian historian (1466-1536)

*June 22nd, 1466, Venice †April 4th, 1536, Venice

59

Iohannes Sslechta

Czech humanist

*January 24th, 1466, Blevice †August 29th, 1525, Kostelec nad Labem

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1466 is a normal year and no leap year.

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