February 28th, 1530

Born on February 28th, 1530

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 180,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 510 days, exactly on September 20th, 2025, people who were born on February 28th, 1530 will be 181,000 days old!

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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?

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

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

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

43

Cornelius Gemma

Dutch astronomer and astrologer

*February 28th, 1535, Leuven †October 12th, 1578, Leuven

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

93

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

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

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

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

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53

Ivan IV Vasilyevich

Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584

*August 25th, 1530, Kolomenskoye †March 18th, 1584, Moscow

48

Uesugi Kenshin

Japanese daimyo

*February 18th, 1530, Kasugayama Castle †April 19th, 1578, Kasugayama Castle

38

Louis, Prince of Condé

French general, Huguenot leader and founder of the House of Bourbon-Condé (1530-1569)

*May 7th, 1530, Vendôme †March 13th, 1569, Jarnac

71

Claude Fauchet

French official, historian and antiquary (1530–1602)

*July 3rd, 1530, Paris †January 1st, 1602, Paris

77

Lucas Bacmeister

German theologian and university teacher (1530-1608)

*October 18th, 1530, Lüneburg †July 9th, 1608, Rostock

32

Étienne de La Boétie

French judge, writer and philosopher

*November 1st, 1530, Sarlat-la-Canéda †August 18th, 1563, Le Taillan-Médoc

48

François de Montmorency

Marshal of France (1530-1579)

*June 17th, 1530, Chantilly †May 6th, 1579, Écouen

72

David Peifer

German jurist (1530-1602)

*January 3rd, 1530, Leipzig †February 2nd, 1602, Dresden

56

Jan Rubens

Flemish politician, father of Peter Paul Rubens (1530-1587)

*March 13th, 1530, Antwerp †March 1st, 1587, Cologne

67

Stanislaus Bornbach

Polish author and historian (1530-1597)

*January 14th, 1530, Warsaw †March 27th, 1597, Gdańsk

35

Ranuccio Farnese

Italian prelate who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci

*August 11th, 1530, Valentano †October 29th, 1565, Parma

59

Giambattista Benedetti

Mathematician from Italy

*August 14th, 1530, Venice †January 20th, 1590, Turin

81

Louis III, Count of Löwenstein

Count of Löwenstein (1530-1611)

*February 17th, 1530, Vaihingen an der Enz †March 13th, 1611, Wertheim

76

Joachim Strupp

German author (1530-1606)

*April 6th, 1530, Grünberg †June 18th, 1606, Darmstadt

79

Valentin Forster

German jurist (1530-1609)

*January 20th, 1530, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †October 28th, 1609, Helmstedt

42

John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

German Duke (1530-1573)

*March 11th, 1530, Torgau †March 2nd, 1573, Weimar

38

Onofrio Panvinio

Italian historian and antiquary (1529-1568)

*February 23rd, 1530, Verona †April 27th, 1568, Palermo

40

Gaspar de Bono

Spanish friar

*January 5th, 1530, Valencia †January 1st, 1571, Valencia

85

Bernardino Realino

Italian Jesuit

*December 1st, 1530, Carpi †July 2nd, 1616, Lecce

52

Vratislav von Pernstein

Czech nobleman (1530-1582)

*July 9th, 1530, Velké Meziříčí †October 27th, 1582, Linz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1530 is a normal year and no leap year.

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