February 28th, 1542

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Born on February 28th, 1542 – 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 1542)

Born on February 28th, 1542

Weekday

Saturday

February 28th, 1542 was a Saturday.

Age

482

People born on February 28th, 1542 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 482 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1542 - March 20th, 1542

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 176,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 888 days, exactly on October 8th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1542 will be 177,000 days old!

176,112 Days

25,158 Weeks

5,786 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?

Michel de Montaigne

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

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

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

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

Cornelius Gemma

Dutch astronomer and astrologer

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

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

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

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

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

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

Jost Bürgi

Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments and mathematician

*February 28th, 1552, Lichtensteig †January 31st, 1632, Kassel

Same year
Born in 1542

Akbar

3rd Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605

*October 15th, 1542, Umarkot Fort †October 15th, 1605, Fatehpur Sikri

Mary, Queen of Scots

Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567

*December 8th, 1542, Linlithgow †February 8th, 1587, Fotheringhay Castle

John of the Cross

Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint

*June 24th, 1542, Fontiveros †December 14th, 1591, Úbeda

Jan Zamoyski

Polish magnate, statesman and military commander (1542–1605)

*March 19th, 1542, Skokówka †June 3rd, 1605, Zamość

Anders Sørensen Vedel

Danish historian (1542-1616)

*November 9th, 1542, Vejle †February 13th, 1616, Ribe

Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

English politician (1542-1623)

*May 5th, 1542, London †February 8th, 1623, London

Georg Rollenhagen

*May 2nd, 1542, Bernau bei Berlin †May 20th, 1609, Magdeburg

Robert Bellarmine

Catholic cardinal, saint, and Doctor of the Church

*October 4th, 1542, Montepulciano †September 17th, 1621, Rome

Magnus, Duke of Östergötland

Swedish prince; son of Gustav I of Sweden and Margareta Leijonhufvud

*July 25th, 1542, Stockholm †June 26th, 1595, Vreta

Philip IV of Nassau-Weilburg

Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1559-1602) and Saarbrücken and Saarwerden (1574-1602)

*April 14th, 1542, Weilburg †March 12th, 1602, Saarbrücken

John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania

Protestant Bishop of Cammin and ruling Duke of Pomerania

*August 27th, 1542, Wolgast †February 9th, 1600, Wolgast

Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira

Spanish explorer

*October 1st, 1542, Congosto †October 18th, 1595, Nendo Island

Richard Grenville

English politician, soldier and explorer (1542-1591)

*June 15th, 1542, Bideford †September 10th, 1591, Flores Island

Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee

Roman Catholic bishop

*May 11th, 1542, Berneck †April 18th, 1608, Porrentruy

Michael Abel

German author

*September 1st, 1542, Frankfurt (Oder) †January 1st, 1609, Leipzig

Scipione Gonzaga

Italian cardinal

*November 11th, 1542, Mantua †January 11th, 1593, Mantua

Tarquinia Molza

Italian singer and composer

*November 1st, 1542, Modena †August 8th, 1617, Modena

Henriette of Cleves

Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel

*October 31st, 1542, La Chapelle-d'Angillon †June 24th, 1601, Paris

Henry III, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

Duke of Münsterberg, Duke of Oels and Duke of Bernstadt and Count of Glatz (1542-1587)

*April 29th, 1542, Oleśnica †April 10th, 1587, Oleśnica

Isabella de' Medici

Daughter of Cosimo I. de’ Medici and Eleonora of Toledo (1542-1576)

*August 31st, 1542, Florence †July 16th, 1576, Cerreto Guidi

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.MDXLII

28.2.1542

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1542 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1542

February 1542

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

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February 28th, 1542

Born on February 28th, 1542

Weekday

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Age

Zodiac

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Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 176,000 days old!

176,112 Days

25,158 Weeks

5,786 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

28.2.1542

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