February 28th, 1555

Born on February 28th, 1555

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 171,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 637 days, exactly on January 29th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1555 will be 172,000 days old!

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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

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

46

Richard Hooker

English bishop and Anglican Divine

*February 28th, 1554, Heavitree †November 3rd, 1600, Bishopsbourne

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

79

Jost Bürgi

Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments and mathematician

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

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

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Born in 1555

45

Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby

English Baron (1555-1601)

*October 12th, 1555, Wesel †June 25th, 1601, Berwick-upon-Tweed

69

Heinrich Meibom

German poet

*December 4th, 1555, Alverdissen †September 20th, 1625, Helmstedt

78

Hermann Vultejus

German author

*December 16th, 1555, Wetter (Hessen) †July 31st, 1634, Marburg

65

Johann Arndt

German Lutheran theologian

*December 27th, 1555, Ballenstedt †May 11th, 1621, Celle

64

Ludovico Carracci

Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1555-1619)

*April 21st, 1555, Bologna †November 13th, 1619, Bologna

19

Charles Frederick of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Heir apparent of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

*April 28th, 1555, Kleve †February 9th, 1575, Rome

34

Edward Kelley

English alchemist

*August 1st, 1555, Worcester †November 30th, 1589, Most

48

Ferenc II Nádasdy

Hungarian noble, politician (1555–1604)

*October 6th, 1555, Sárvár †January 4th, 1604, Sárvár

33

Louis II of Lorraine, cardinal of Guise

Catholic cardinal (1555-1588)

*July 6th, 1555, Dampierre-en-Yvelines †December 24th, 1588, Château de Blois

45

Melchior von Redern

Austrian warrior

*January 6th, 1555, Wrocław †September 20th, 1600, Havlíčkův Brod

68

Andreas Cludius

German jurist

*November 7th, 1555, Osterode am Harz †September 9th, 1624, Osterode am Harz

75

Jerónima de la Asunción

Foundress of the first Catholic monastery in Manila — Monastery of Santa Clara

*May 9th, 1555, Toledo †October 22nd, 1630, Manila

65

Louise de Coligny

Fourth wife of William the Silent (1555-1620)

*September 23rd, 1555, Châtillon-Coligny †November 13th, 1620, Fontainebleau

29

Francis, Duke of Anjou

French duke (1555-1584)

*March 18th, 1555, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †June 19th, 1584, Château-Thierry

65

Richard Carew

English scholar

*July 17th, 1555, Antony House †November 6th, 1620, Antony House

63

Francesco Vendramin

17th-century Catholic cardinal

*October 10th, 1555, Venice †October 7th, 1619, Venice

71

Lancelot Andrewes

English bishop and scholar

*July 16th, 1555, London †September 25th, 1626, Southwark

67

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon

Marshal of France

*September 28th, 1555, Joze †March 25th, 1623, Sedan

61

Giovanni Antonio Magini

Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer

*June 13th, 1555, Padua †February 11th, 1617, Bologna

60

Melchior Eckhart

German theologian (1555-1616)

*October 18th, 1555, Chemnitz †January 20th, 1616, Oleśnica

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1555 is a normal year and no leap year.

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