February 28th, 1585

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Born on February 28th, 1585 – 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 1585)

Born on February 28th, 1585

Weekday

Thursday

February 28th, 1585 was a Thursday.

Age

439

People born on February 28th, 1585 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 439 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1585 - March 20th, 1585

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 160,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 599 days, exactly on December 18th, 2025, people who were born on February 28th, 1585 will be 161,000 days old!

160,401 Days

22,914 Weeks

5,270 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

Born on February 28th, 1585

Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc

Governor of St. Christopher

*February 28th, 1585, Allouville-Bellefosse †November 30th, 1636, Saint Kitts

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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

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

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

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

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Born in 1585

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)

*September 9th, 1585, Paris †December 4th, 1642, Paris

Heinrich Schütz

German composer and organist (1585–1672)

*October 18th, 1585, Bad Köstritz †November 6th, 1672, Dresden

Cornelius Jansen

Bishop and theologian (1585-1638)

*October 28th, 1585, Acquoy †May 6th, 1638, Ypres

Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony

German noble (1585–1656)

*March 5th, 1585, Dresden †October 8th, 1656, Dresden

Mary Ward

English Venerated Catholic (1585-1645)

*January 23rd, 1585, Newby with Mulwith †January 30th, 1645, Heworth

Claude Favre de Vaugelas

Savoyard grammarian and man of letters (1585-1650)

*January 6th, 1585, Meximieux †February 26th, 1650, Paris

William Drummond of Hawthornden

British writer 1585–1649

*December 13th, 1585, Midlothian †December 4th, 1649, Hawthornden Castle

Livia della Rovere

Italian noble (1585-1641)

*December 16th, 1585, Pesaro †July 6th, 1641, Castelleone di Suasa

Johann Jakob Wolff von Todenwarth

*January 1st, 1585, Speyer †January 1st, 1657, Regensburg

John Cotton

English minister, theologian, immigrant to Massachusetts (1585-1652)

*December 4th, 1585, Derby †December 23rd, 1652, Boston

Hendrick Avercamp

Dutch painter (1585-1634)

*January 27th, 1585, Amsterdam †May 15th, 1634, Kampen

Alexandre I de Bournonville

(1585-1656)

*September 14th, 1585, City of Brussels †March 12th, 1656, Lyon

Niklaus Geisler

German architect and sculptor

*April 7th, 1585, Schweinfurt †January 1st, 1665, Lucerne

Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel

English diplomat (1585-1646)

*July 7th, 1585, Finchingfield †October 4th, 1646, Padua

Giovanni Biliverti

Florentine painter (1585-1644)

*August 25th, 1585, Florence †July 16th, 1644, Florence

Herman op den Graeff

"Mennonite lord bishop" of Krefeld, in 1632 delegate to the Krefeld Mennonite Church Delegation and signer of the Dordrecht Confession of Faith that year

*November 26th, 1585, Kerken †December 27th, 1642, Krefeld

Jean Caylar d'Anduze de Saint-Bonnet

Marshal of France

*March 1st, 1585, Saint-Jean-du-Gard †June 14th, 1636, Fontaneto d'Agogna

Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

*November 30th, 1585, Eisenberg castle ruins †December 31st, 1637, Schloss Waldeck

Gregor Francke

German theologian

*December 10th, 1585, Taucha †January 2nd, 1651, Frankfurt (Oder)

Peter Lauremberg

German author

*August 26th, 1585, Rostock †May 13th, 1639, Rostock

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.MDLXXXV

28.2.1585

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1585 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1585

February 1585

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

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Born on February 28th, 1585

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

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Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 160,000 days old!

160,401 Days

22,914 Weeks

5,270 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.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Born on February 28th, 1585

Governor of St. Christopher

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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

28.2.1585

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