February 28th, 1536

Born on February 28th, 1536

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

43

Cornelius Gemma

Dutch astronomer and astrologer

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

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

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

Same year
Born in 1536

62

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

16th century Japanese samurai and daimyo

*February 2nd, 1536, Nakamura-ku †September 18th, 1598, Fushimi Castle

69

Clement VIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1592 to 1605

*February 24th, 1536, Fano †March 3rd, 1605, Rome

47

Yi I

Joseon civil servant & Neo-Confucianist (1536 – 1584)

*December 26th, 1536, Gangneung †January 1st, 1584, Hanseongbu

87

Juan de Mariana

Spanish historian

*September 25th, 1536, Talavera de la Reina †February 17th, 1624, Toledo

57

Antonio Calcagni

Italian artist (1536-1593)

*January 1st, 1536, Recanati †January 1st, 1593, Recanati

29

Ashikaga Yoshiteru

13th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate

*March 31st, 1536, Nanzen-ji †June 17th, 1565, Kyoto

67

Stephan Praetorius

German theologian

*May 3rd, 1536, Salzwedel †May 4th, 1603, Salzwedel

52

Sassa Narimasa

Daimyo

*February 6th, 1536, Nagoya †August 7th, 1588, Fushimi Castle

50

Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt

Prince of Anhalt

*October 21st, 1536, Dessau †December 6th, 1586, Dessau

64

Karel Utenhove

Belgian writer

*March 18th, 1536, Ghent †August 31st, 1600, Cologne

51

Diego Durán

Dominican friar (1537-1588)

*November 30th, 1536, Seville †November 30th, 1587, Mexico City

71

Matthaeus Dresser

German historian (1536-1607)

*August 24th, 1536, Erfurt †October 5th, 1607, Leipzig

66

Santi di Tito

Italian painter (1536-1603)

*December 5th, 1536, Florence †July 25th, 1603, Florence

31

Margaret of Austria

Austrian archduchess

*February 16th, 1536, Innsbruck †March 12th, 1567, Hall in Tirol

80

Achille de Harlay, seigneur de Beaumont

French politician (1536-1616)

*March 7th, 1536, Paris †October 23rd, 1616, Paris

61

Barbara of Hesse

16th-century German noblewoman

*April 8th, 1536, Kassel †June 8th, 1597, Schloss Waldeck

82

Johann Peiligk

German politician (1536-1618)

*March 25th, 1536, Leipzig †November 30th, 1618, Leipzig

33

Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden

*January 22nd, 1536, Baden-Baden †October 3rd, 1569, Moncontour

35

Henry VI, Burgrave of Plauen

Burggraf von Meissen

*December 29th, 1536, Meissen †January 22nd, 1572, Schleiz

78

Marcantonio Memmo

Doge of Venice (1536-1615)

*November 11th, 1536, Venice †October 31st, 1615, Venice

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Leap year

Yes: 1536 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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