February 28th, 1558

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Born on February 28th, 1558 – 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 1558)

Born on February 28th, 1558

Weekday

Friday

February 28th, 1558 was a Friday.

Age

466

People born on February 28th, 1558 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 466 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1558 - March 20th, 1558

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 170,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 730 days, exactly on May 5th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1558 will be 171,000 days old!

170,270 Days

24,324 Weeks

5,594 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

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

Jost Bürgi

Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments and mathematician

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

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

Richard Hooker

English bishop and Anglican Divine

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

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

Eleanor de' Medici

Family member of the House of Medici (1567-1611)

*February 28th, 1567, Florence †September 9th, 1611, Cavriana

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

Same year
Born in 1558

Szymon Szymonowic

Polish writer (1558-1629)

*October 24th, 1558, Lviv †May 5th, 1629, Czernięcin Główny

Thomas Kyd

English dramatist

*November 3rd, 1558, London †July 16th, 1594, London

Markus Welser

German politician and astronomer (1558-1614)

*June 20th, 1558, Augsburg †June 23rd, 1614, Augsburg

Robert Greene

English author (1558-1592)

*July 11th, 1558, Norwich †September 3rd, 1592, London

François de La Rochefoucauld

Catholic cardinal

*December 8th, 1558, Paris †February 14th, 1645, Abbey of St Genevieve

Johann VII, Duke of Mecklenburg

Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1558-1592)

*March 7th, 1558, Güstrow †March 22nd, 1592, Burg Stargard

Mingyi Swa

Crown Prince of Burma (1558-1593)

*November 27th, 1558, Bago †January 8th, 1593, Don Chedi

Wolfgang II. zu Castell-Remlingen

(1558-1631)

*July 20th, 1558, Rüdenhausen †April 30th, 1631, Remlingen

Lavinia Feltria della Rovere

16 Jan 1558 - 7 Jun 1632

*January 16th, 1558, Pesaro †June 7th, 1632, Montebello

Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur

French soldier and prominent member of the Catholic League

*September 9th, 1558, Nancy †February 19th, 1602, Nuremberg

François de Bourbon

Prince of Conti

*August 19th, 1558, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre †August 3rd, 1614, Paris

George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland

English noble (1558-1605)

*August 8th, 1558, Westmorland †October 30th, 1605, Middlesex

Johann Georg Agricola

German physician (1558-1633)

*October 25th, 1558, Amberg †November 20th, 1633, Regensburg

Heinrich Schickhardt

Württembergian architect

*February 5th, 1558, Herrenberg †January 14th, 1635, Stuttgart

Giovanni Alberti

Italian painter (1558-1601)

*October 19th, 1558, Sansepolcro †August 10th, 1601, Rome

Albrecht Radziwiłł

Lithuanian marshal (1558-1592)

*March 8th, 1558, Vilnius †June 13th, 1592, Kraków

Herman van den Bergh

Dutch nobleman and military commander (1558-1611)

*August 2nd, 1558, 's-Heerenberg †August 12th, 1611, Spa

Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria

Austrian archduke

*October 12th, 1558, Wiener Neustadt †November 2nd, 1618, Vienna

Eva Christina

*October 25th, 1558, Montbéliard †March 30th, 1575, Kirchheim unter Teck

Johann Fladenstein

*January 1st, 1558, Kulmbach †April 13th, 1618

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.MDLVIII

28.2.1558

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1558 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1558

February 1558

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