February 22nd, 1490

Born on February 22nd, 1490

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 195,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 894 days, exactly on October 10th, 2026, people who were born on February 22nd, 1490 will be 196,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 22nd?

February 22nd, 2019

A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.

February 22nd, 2012

A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a buffer stop at Once railway station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and more than 700 injuries.

February 22nd, 2011

Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people marched in protest in Manama against the deaths of seven people killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

February 22nd, 2006

Seven men staged the largest cash robbery in Britain at a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom.

February 22nd, 1997

Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the existence of Dolly, a female sheep who was the first mammal to have successfully been cloned from an adult cell.

February 22nd, 1983

The play Moose Murders opened and closed on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, becoming the standard of "awfulness" against which all Broadway failures are judged.

February 22nd, 1980

At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.

February 22nd, 1959

Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Daytona Beach, Florida.

February 22nd, 1944

World War II: U.S. forces carried out a bombing raid on the Nazi-occupied Dutch city of Nijmegen, killing hundreds of civilians by accident.

February 22nd, 1921

The Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor after White Russian forces under Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (pictured) drove the Chinese out of Mongolia.

February 22nd, 1909

The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut (pictured), completed a circumnavigation of the globe.

February 22nd, 1876

The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, named after philanthropist Johns Hopkins, opened.

February 22nd, 1371

Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.

February 22nd, 1316

The Catalan forces of Ferdinand of Majorca defeated troops loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut at the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in modern-day Greece.

February 22nd, 1974

Samuel Byck attempted to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but he was stopped by police.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 22nd?

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

67

George Washington

President of the United States from 1789 to 1797

*February 22nd, 1732, Westmoreland County †December 14th, 1799, Mount Vernon

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

29

Lexa

Brazilian singer-songwriter and dancer

*February 22nd, 1995, Rio de Janeiro

39

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810-1849)

*February 22nd, 1810, Żelazowa Wola †October 17th, 1849, Paris

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

62

Kenneth Williams

British actor and comedian (1926–1988)

*February 22nd, 1926, Islington †April 15th, 1988, London Borough of Camden

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

62

Tahmasp I

Safavid Shah of Iran from 1524 to 1576

*February 22nd, 1514, Isfahan †May 14th, 1576, Qazvin

21

Ridya Aulia Fatasya

Indonesian badminton player

*February 22nd, 2003, Semarang City

65

Kyle MacLachlan

American actor

*February 22nd, 1959, Yakima

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

72

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher (1788–1860)

*February 22nd, 1788, Gdańsk †September 21st, 1860, Frankfurt

55

Joaquín Cortés

Spanish dancer

*February 22nd, 1969, Córdoba

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

46

Jules Renard

French author (1864-1910)

*February 22nd, 1864, Châlons-du-Maine †May 22nd, 1910, Bucharest

36

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn

44

Steve Irwin

Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962–2006)

*February 22nd, 1962, Upper Ferntree Gully †September 4th, 2006, Batt Reef

64

Rodolfo Pio da Carpi

Catholic cardinal

*February 22nd, 1500, Modena †May 2nd, 1564, Rome

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55

Friedrich Myconius

German theologian

*December 26th, 1490, Lichtenfels †April 7th, 1546, Gotha

77

Albert, Duke in Prussia

Duke of Prussia from 1525 to 1568

*May 17th, 1490, Ansbach †March 20th, 1568, Burg Tapiau

43

Hans Dürer the Younger

German artist (1490-1534)

*February 21st, 1490, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1534, Kraków

37

Charles III, Duke of Bourbon

French general, count of Montpensier; (1490-1527)

*February 17th, 1490, Montpensier †May 6th, 1527, Rome

56

Johann Heß

German theologian

*September 23rd, 1490, Nuremberg †January 5th, 1547, Wrocław

60

Tilemann Platner

German theologian

*November 24th, 1490, Stolberg †November 6th, 1551, Stolberg

66

Valentin Friedland

German educationist

*February 23rd, 1490, Trójca, Lower Silesian Voivodeship †April 26th, 1556, Legnica

83

Ebussuud Effendi

Ottoman Grand Mufti

*December 30th, 1490, İskilip †August 23rd, 1574, Istanbul

57

Bernardo Pisano

Italian composer

*October 12th, 1490, Florence †January 23rd, 1548, Rome

63

Giovanni Salviati

Catholic cardinal

*March 24th, 1490, Florence †October 28th, 1553, Ravenna

71

Giovanni Marinoni

Italian presbyter

*December 25th, 1490, Venice †December 13th, 1562, Naples

56

Fridolin Sicher

Swiss composer

*March 6th, 1490, Bischofszell †June 13th, 1546, Bischofszell

33

Amalie of the Palatinate

Duchess of Pomerania by marriage

*July 25th, 1490, Heidelberg †January 6th, 1524, Szczecin

55

Albert of Mainz

Catholic cardinal

*June 28th, 1490, Old Cölln †September 24th, 1545, Martinsburg

43

Vojtěch I of Pernstein

Czech hofmeister and nobleman

*April 4th, 1490, Moravský Krumlov †March 17th, 1534, Prague

48

Francesco Maria I della Rovere

Italian noble

*March 22nd, 1490, Senigallia †October 20th, 1538, Pesaro

45

Charles Reynolds

Irish Catholic cleric, canonist, and diocesan administrator

*January 1st, 1490, County Leitrim †June 30th, 1535, Rome

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 22nd

Fixed holidays (Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1490 is a normal year and no leap year.

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