February 28th, 1473

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Born on February 28th, 1473 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1473)

Born on February 28th, 1473

Weekday

Friday

February 28th, 1473 was a Friday.

Age

551

People born on February 28th, 1473 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 551 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1473 - March 20th, 1473

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 201,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 693 days, exactly on March 21st, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1473 will be 202,000 days old!

201,307 Days

28,758 Weeks

6,613 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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?

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

Michel de Montaigne

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

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

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

Linus Pauling

American scientist

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

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

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

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

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

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

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

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

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

Tommy Tune

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

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

Steven Chu

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

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

*February 28th, 1953, Albany

Same year
Born in 1473

Nicolaus Copernicus

Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)

*February 19th, 1473, Toruń †May 24th, 1543, Frombork

James IV of Scotland

King of Scotland from 1488 to 1513

*March 17th, 1473, Holyrood Abbey †September 9th, 1513, Northumberland

Nityananda

Hindu saint

*January 12th, 1473, India †November 30th, 1539, India

Georg von Frundsberg

German noble

*September 24th, 1473, Mindelheim †August 20th, 1528, Mindelheim

Maddalena de' Medici

Italian noble

*July 25th, 1473, Florence †December 2nd, 1519, Rome

Henry IV

Duke of Saxony

*March 16th, 1473, Dresden †August 18th, 1541, Dresden

Margaret of Münsterberg

Silesian princess of the house Münsterberg, by marriage, Duchess of Anhalt (1473-1530)

*August 25th, 1473, Wrocław †June 28th, 1530, Dessau

Ercole Strozzi

Italian poet

*September 2nd, 1473, Ferrara †June 6th, 1508, Ferrara

Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York

Second son of King Edward IV of England, younger of the princes in the Tower

*August 17th, 1473, Shrewsbury †June 26th, 1483, London

John Corvinus

Illegitimate son of King Matthias of Hungary and Ban of Croatia, Presumptive crown prince of Hungary (1473-1504)

*April 2nd, 1473, Buda †October 12th, 1504, Krapina

Reinhard IV, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

*March 14th, 1473, Hanau †January 30th, 1512, Hanau

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

English peeress, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (1473-1541)

*August 14th, 1473, Bath †May 27th, 1541, Tower of London

Martin Baumgartner auf Breitenbach

*November 11th, 1473, Kufstein †January 1st, 1535, Kufstein

Lucas Fernández

Spanish writer (1474-1542)

*November 30th, 1473, Salamanca †January 1st, 1542, Salamanca

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.II.MCDLXXIII

28.2.1473

Legend

M = 1000

CD = 400

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1473 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1473

February 1473

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5						1	2
6	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
7	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
8	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
9	24	25	26	27	28

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Born on February 28th, 1473

Weekday

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Age

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Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 201,000 days old!

201,307 Days

28,758 Weeks

6,613 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 28th?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 28th

February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland)

National Science Day (India)

Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.2.1473

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