February 28th, 1533

Born on February 28th, 1533

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

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What happened on February 28th?

February 28th, 1966

American test pilots Charles Bassett and Elliot See die in a plane crash in in St. Louis, Missouri.

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, 1939

In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word dord was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor.

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.

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

Born on February 28th, 1533

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

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Born in 1533

69

Elizabeth I of England

Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603

*September 7th, 1533, Palace of Placentia †March 24th, 1603, Richmond Palace

43

Eric XIV of Sweden

Swedish king

*December 13th, 1533, Tre Kronor Castle †February 26th, 1577, Örbyhus

45

Giulio della Rovere

Catholic cardinal

*April 5th, 1533, Urbino †September 3rd, 1578, Fossombrone

77

Antonio Possevino

Italian diplomat

*July 10th, 1533, Mantua †February 26th, 1611, Ferrara

38

Catherine of Austria

Queen of Poland

*September 15th, 1533, Innsbruck †February 28th, 1572, Linz

54

Theodor Zwinger

Swiss physician

*August 2nd, 1533, Basel †March 10th, 1588, Basel

67

Johann Major

German author, poet and theologian, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Johannes Maior

*January 2nd, 1533, Jáchymov †March 6th, 1600, Zerbst

60

Paul Luther

German scientist (1533-1593)

*January 28th, 1533, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †March 8th, 1593, Leipzig

79

Johannes Caselius

German jurist and politician (1533-1613)

*May 18th, 1533, Göttingen †April 9th, 1613, Helmstedt

16

Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Italian noble

*March 10th, 1533, Mantua †February 22nd, 1550, Mantua

55

Andreas Dudith

Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and diplomat

*February 5th, 1533, Buda †February 2nd, 1589, Wrocław

63

Alfonso II d'Este

Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597

*November 22nd, 1533, Ferrara †October 27th, 1597, Ferrara

57

Basilius Amerbach

Swiss lawyer, professor and historian (1533–1591)

*December 1st, 1533, Basel †April 25th, 1591, Basel

40

Asakura Yoshikage

Daimyo of the sengoku period; 11th head of Asakura clan (1533-1573)

*October 12th, 1533, Fukui Prefecture †October 16th, 1573

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1533 is a normal year and no leap year.

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