February 14th, 1548

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Born on February 14th, 1548 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1548)

Born on February 14th, 1548

Weekday

Saturday

February 14th, 1548 was a Saturday.

Age

476

People born on February 14th, 1548 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 476 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1548 - February 19th, 1548

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 173,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 6 days, exactly on July 7th, 2024, people who were born on February 14th, 1548 will be 174,000 days old!

173,994 Days

24,856 Weeks

5,716 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

2008 Northern Illinois University shooting

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

February 14th, 1804

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 14th?

Karol G

Colombian singer

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

Peter Ahlwardt

German theologian and philosopher (1710-1791)

*February 14th, 1710, Greifswald †March 1st, 1791, Greifswald

Babur

1st Mughal Emperor

*February 14th, 1483, Andijan †December 26th, 1530, Agra

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

Same year
Born in 1548

Giordano Bruno

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)

*January 1st, 1548, Nola †February 17th, 1600, Rome

David Pareus

German theologian (1549-1622)

*December 30th, 1548, Ząbkowice Śląskie †June 15th, 1622, Heidelberg

Cornelis Ketel

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1548-1616)

*March 18th, 1548, Gouda †August 8th, 1616, Amsterdam

Martin Brenner

German theologian

*November 11th, 1548, Dietenheim †October 14th, 1616, Leibnitz

Francisco Suárez

Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian (1548-1617)

*January 5th, 1548, Granada †September 25th, 1617, Lisbon

Andrew Downes

English classical scholar

*November 30th, 1548, Shropshire †January 1st, 1628, Coton

Peter Candid

Flemish painter and graphic designer (1548-1628)

*January 1st, 1548, Bruges †February 29th, 1628, Munich

Vincenzo Scamozzi

16th century Italian architect

*September 2nd, 1548, Vicenza †August 7th, 1616, Venice

Bernardino Poccetti

Italian painter (1548-1612)

*July 31st, 1548, Florence †October 10th, 1612, Florence

Paul Mathesius

German theologian

*January 28th, 1548, Jáchymov †October 17th, 1584, Oschatz

Antonio Priuli

Doge of Venice (1548-1623)

*May 10th, 1548, Venice †August 12th, 1623, Venice

Magnus Heinason

Faroese naval hero, trader and privateer

*January 1st, 1548, Oyndarfjørður †January 18th, 1589, Copenhagen

Jacopo Mazzoni

Italian philosopher (1548-1598)

*November 27th, 1548, Cesena †April 10th, 1598, Cesena

Pietro Cataldi

Italian mathematician (1552–1626)

*April 15th, 1548, Bologna †February 11th, 1626, Bologna

Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria

Monarch of Bavaria

*September 29th, 1548, Landshut †February 7th, 1626, Oberschleißheim

Octavian Secundus Fugger

Merchant and art collector (1549-1600)

*November 30th, 1548, Augsburg †November 30th, 1599, Augsburg

Benedikt Wurzelbauer

German sculptor (1548-1620)

*September 25th, 1548, Nuremberg †October 2nd, 1620, Nuremberg

Honda Tadakatsu

Daimyo (1548-1610)

*March 17th, 1548, Okazaki †December 3rd, 1610, Edo

Johannes Zölner

*October 31st, 1548, Jena †February 15th, 1628, Jena

Jacob Fransz de Witt

*January 3rd, 1548, Dordrecht †December 14th, 1621, Dordrecht

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 14th.

Valentine's Day!

Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.II.MDXLVIII

14.2.1548

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1548 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).

Calendar
February 1548

February 1548

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	29