February 28th, 1582

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Born on February 28th, 1582 – 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 1582)

Born on February 28th, 1582

Weekday

Sunday

February 28th, 1582 was a Sunday.

Age

442

People born on February 28th, 1582 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 442 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1582 - March 20th, 1582

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 161,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 499 days, exactly on September 13th, 2025, people who were born on February 28th, 1582 will be 162,000 days old!

161,501 Days

23,071 Weeks

5,306 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?

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

Michel de Montaigne

French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)

*February 28th, 1533, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne †September 12th, 1592, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne

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

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

*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

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

*February 28th, 1740, Uhlstädt †October 11th, 1819, Grodziszcze, Ząbkowice Śląskie County

Elias Holl

German architect

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

Same year
Born in 1582

Taichang Emperor

15th Emperor of the Ming dynasty

*August 28th, 1582, Beijing †September 26th, 1620, Beijing

Heinrich Höpfner

German theologian

*November 29th, 1582, Leipzig †January 10th, 1642, Leipzig

François Maynard

French writer

*November 21st, 1582, Toulouse †December 23rd, 1646, Aurillac

John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1582-1628)

*May 5th, 1582, Montbéliard †July 18th, 1628, Heidenheim an der Brenz

Marco da Gagliano

Italian composer

*May 1st, 1582, Florence †February 25th, 1643, Florence

John Barclay

Scottish writer

*January 28th, 1582, Pont-à-Mousson †August 15th, 1621, Rome

Arnold Engelbrecht

*December 15th, 1582, Wernigerode †August 20th, 1638, Bad Wildungen

Anton Nesen

*December 6th, 1582, Schlangen †June 25th, 1640

Giovanni Lanfranco

Italian painter (1582-1647)

*January 26th, 1582, Parma †November 30th, 1647, Rome

George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Founder of the House of Hanover

*February 17th, 1582, Celle †April 2nd, 1641, Hildesheim

Albrecht Günther, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

German aristocrat

*August 8th, 1582, Rudolstadt †January 20th, 1634, Erfurt

Hans Meinhard von Schönberg

Military commander (1582-1616)

*August 28th, 1582, Bacharach †August 3rd, 1616, Heidelberg

Charles VII of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

German prince

*November 14th, 1582, Langenburg †October 11th, 1641, Regensburg

Dmitry of Uglich

Russian tsarevich (1582–1591)

*October 19th, 1582, Moscow †May 15th, 1591, Uglich

Mario Bettinus

Italian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher

*February 6th, 1582, Bologna †November 7th, 1657, Bologna

Magdalene of Brandenburg

Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt

*January 7th, 1582, Berlin †May 4th, 1616, Darmstadt

Albrecht Frederik van Brandenburg

(1582-1600)

*April 29th, 1582, Halle (Saale) †December 13th, 1600, Old Cölln

Humilis of Bisignano

Christian saint

*August 26th, 1582, Bisignano †November 26th, 1637, Bisignano

John Matthew Rispoli

Maltese philosopher (1582-1639)

*August 17th, 1582, Senglea †April 6th, 1639, Catania

Severo Bonini

Italian composer and organist

*December 23rd, 1582, Florence †December 5th, 1663, Florence

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.MDLXXXII

28.2.1582

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1582 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1582

February 1582

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