February 28th, 1574

Born on February 28th, 1574

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 582 days, exactly on November 30th, 2025, people who were born on February 28th, 1574 will be 165,000 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?

72

Elias Holl

German architect

*February 28th, 1573, Augsburg †January 6th, 1646, Augsburg

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

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

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

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

52

Miguel de la Fuente

Spanish catholic priest (1573-1626)

*February 28th, 1573, Valladolid †November 30th, 1625, Toledo

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

44

Eleanor de' Medici

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

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

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

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Born in 1574

86

William Oughtred

English mathematician and Anglican minister (1574–1660)

*March 5th, 1574, Eton †June 30th, 1660, Albury

80

Innocent X

Pope from 1644 to 1655

*May 6th, 1574, Rome †January 7th, 1655, Rome

44

Anne of Denmark

Queen consort of James VI of Scots, I of England (1574-1619)

*December 12th, 1574, Skanderborg Slot †March 2nd, 1619, Hampton Court Palace

53

François de Sourdis

Catholic cardinal

*October 25th, 1574, Poitou †February 8th, 1628, Bordeaux

63

Robert Fludd

British mathematician, doctor and astrologer

*January 17th, 1574, Milgate House †September 8th, 1637, London

36

Frederick IV, Elector Palatine

(1574-1610); Elector Palatine

*March 5th, 1574, Amberg †September 19th, 1610, Heidelberg

67

Holger Rosenkrantz

(1574-1642)

*December 14th, 1574, Kalø slot †October 28th, 1642, Copenhagen

74

Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1574-1648)

*August 28th, 1574, Celle †December 10th, 1648, Celle

60

Elisabeth of Lorraine

French princess (1574-1635)

*October 9th, 1574, Nancy †January 4th, 1635, Braunau am Inn

55

Cornelius Paulinus Swanenburg

Dutch jurist

*September 12th, 1574, Leiden †May 12th, 1630, Leiden

46

Princess Maria Christina I, Princess of Transylvania

Princess Consort of Transylvania and Austrian archduchess (1574-1621)

*November 10th, 1574, Graz †April 6th, 1621, Hall in Tirol

47

Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen

Prince Bishop of Bamberg and Wurtzburg

*November 30th, 1574, Lauda-Königshofen †January 1st, 1622, Diet of Regensburg

49

Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna

Spanish duke

*December 17th, 1574, Osuna †September 24th, 1624, Madrid

54

Thomas Platter the Younger

Swiss physician, traveller and writer (1574-1628)

*July 24th, 1574, Basel †December 4th, 1628, Basel

66

Osta Morat

Dey of Tunis (1570-1640)

*March 19th, 1574, Levanto †May 31st, 1640, Tunis

45

Mark Sittich von Hohenems

Austrian nobleman

*January 1st, 1574, Hohenems †October 9th, 1619, Salzburg

75

Christoph Scheiner

Jesuit father, physicist and astronomer (*1575 – †1650)

*November 30th, 1574, Markt Wald †July 18th, 1650, Nysa

42

Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn

Duke of Teschen

*December 12th, 1574, Cieszyn †July 13th, 1617, Cieszyn

75

Robert Dudley

English engineer, explorer, cartographer (1574-1649)

*August 7th, 1574, Richmond Palace †September 6th, 1649, Tuscany

63

John Wilbye

English composer

*March 7th, 1574, Diss †January 1st, 1638, Colchester

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No: With 365 days 1574 is a normal year and no leap year.

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