February 28th, 1548

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Born on February 28th, 1548 – 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 1548)

Born on February 28th, 1548

Weekday

Saturday

February 28th, 1548 was a Saturday.

Age

476

People born on February 28th, 1548 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 476 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1548 - March 20th, 1548

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 20 days, exactly on July 21st, 2024, people who were born on February 28th, 1548 will be 174,000 days old!

173,980 Days

24,854 Weeks

5,716 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

Jost Bürgi

Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments and mathematician

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

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

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, guionist and directress

*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

Steven Chu

American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

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 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.II.MDXLVIII

28.2.1548

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

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).

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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

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February 28th, 1548

Born on February 28th, 1548

Weekday

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Age

Zodiac

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Pisces (The Fish)

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

173,980 Days

24,854 Weeks

5,716 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

28.2.1548

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