February 26th, 1591

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Born on February 26th, 1591 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 26th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 26th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1591)

Born on February 26th, 1591

Weekday

Tuesday

February 26th, 1591 was a Tuesday.

Age

433

People born on February 26th, 1591 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 433 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1591 - March 20th, 1591

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 158,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 781 days, exactly on June 25th, 2026, people who were born on February 26th, 1591 will be 159,000 days old!

158,219 Days

22,602 Weeks

5,198 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on February 26th?

February 26th, 2014

Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was stabbed, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.

February 26th, 2013

A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people in the deadliest ballooning disaster in history.

February 26th, 2012

African-American teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood-watch coordinator George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, prompting a nationwide controversy.

February 26th, 2008

In the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the Korean War, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang.

February 26th, 1995

Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorised trades on futures contracts.

February 26th, 1979

The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.

February 26th, 1936

Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo.

February 26th, 1935

With the aid of a radio station in Daventry, England, and two receiving antennae, Scottish engineer and inventor Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.

February 26th, 1917

The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.

February 26th, 1914

RMS Britannic, the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line after RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

February 26th, 1815

Napoleon escaped from the Italian island of Elba (depicted), to which he had been exiled after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

February 26th, 1266

Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Manfred, King of Sicily, was killed in the Battle of Benevento against the forces of Charles of Anjou.

February 26th, 2019

Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.

February 26th, 2013

A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.

February 26th, 2012

Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 26th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 26th?

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

Victor Hugo

French novelist, poet, and dramatist (1802–1885)

*February 26th, 1802, Besançon †May 22nd, 1885, Paris

Neslihan Arın

Turkish female badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Osmangazi

Kalle Koljonen

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Helsinki

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

Rie Eto

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1988, Oita Prefecture

Xiong Mengjing

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1994, Jiangsu

Takuto Inoue

Japanese badminton player

*February 26th, 1995, Genkai

Aoi Matsuda

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1996, Osaka Prefecture

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

*February 26th, 1932, Kingsland †September 12th, 2003, Nashville

Jiang Yanmei

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1981, Guangdong

Felix Burestedt

Badminton player

*February 26th, 1995, Ängelholm

Lawrence Montaigne

American actor (1931-2017)

*February 26th, 1931, Brooklyn †March 17th, 2017, Henderson

Ásdís Thoroddsen

Icelandic actress and film director

*February 26th, 1959, Reykjavík

Same year
Born in 1591

Mustafa I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and from 1622 to 1623

*June 24th, 1591, Constantinople †January 20th, 1639, Istanbul

Jusepe de Ribera

Spanish painter (1591–1652)

*January 12th, 1591, Xàtiva †September 3rd, 1652, Naples

Robert Herrick

English poet and cleric (1591–1674)

*August 24th, 1591, London †September 30th, 1674, Devon

Marie Angélique Arnauld

French Cistercian abbess (1591-1661)

*September 8th, 1591, Paris †August 6th, 1661, Magny-les-Hameaux

Louise de Marillac

Co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity (1591-1660)

*August 8th, 1591, Paris †March 15th, 1660, Paris

Gerard Seghers

Flemish painter (1591-1651)

*March 17th, 1591, Antwerp †March 18th, 1651, Antwerp

Dirck Hals

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1591-1656)

*March 19th, 1591, Haarlem †May 17th, 1656, Haarlem

Guercino

Painter of the Italian 17th century (1591-1666)

*February 8th, 1591, Cento †December 22nd, 1666, Bologna

Gérard Desargues

French mathematician and engineer

*February 21st, 1591, Lyon †October 9th, 1661, Lyon

Dietrich von Velen

*June 30th, 1591, Meppen †September 10th, 1657

Anne Hutchinson

Participant in the Antinomian Controversy

*January 1st, 1591, Alford †January 1st, 1643, New Netherland

Friedrich Spee

Jesuit, author of Cautio Criminalis

*February 25th, 1591, Düsseldorf †August 9th, 1635, Trier

Paul Ferry

Pastor (1591–1669)

*February 24th, 1591, Metz †December 28th, 1669, Metz

Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena

Italian noble (1591-1644)

*October 22nd, 1591, Ferrara †May 24th, 1644, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana

Reinier Pauw

Dutch politician (1591-1676)

*September 3rd, 1591, Amsterdam †January 20th, 1676, The Hague

Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Princess

*January 7th, 1591, Dresden †November 17th, 1617, Dresden

Tommaso Tamburini

Italian theologian

*March 6th, 1591, Caltanissetta †October 10th, 1675, Palermo

Johannes Georg von Herberstein

Roman-Catholic clergyman (1591-1663)

*August 19th, 1591, Salzburg †June 12th, 1663, Regensburg

Franciscus Junius

Philologist

*January 29th, 1591, Heidelberg †November 19th, 1677, Windsor

August Buchner

German author

*November 2nd, 1591, Dresden †February 12th, 1661, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 26th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 26th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVI.II.MDXCI

26.2.1591

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XC = 90

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1591 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1591

February 1591

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

February 26th, 1591

Born on February 26th, 1591

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 158,000 days old!

158,219 Days

22,602 Weeks

5,198 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 26th?

Former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao Kevin Lau was stabbed, prompting concerns and protests about media freedom.

A hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people in the deadliest ballooning disaster in history.

African-American teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood-watch coordinator George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, prompting a nationwide controversy.

In the first significant cultural visit from the United States to North Korea since the Korean War, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Pyongyang.

Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent after its head derivatives trader in Singapore, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million while making unauthorised trades on futures contracts.

The Superliner railcar entered revenue service with Amtrak.

Imperial Japanese Army troops attempted a coup d'etat, occupying parts of Tokyo, and killing several politicians, including finance minister Takahashi Korekiyo.

With the aid of a radio station in Daventry, England, and two receiving antennae, Scottish engineer and inventor Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrated the use of radar.

The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.

RMS Britannic, the third and largest Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line after RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

Napoleon escaped from the Italian island of Elba (depicted), to which he had been exiled after the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Manfred, King of Sicily, was killed in the Battle of Benevento against the forces of Charles of Anjou.

Indian Air Force fighter-jets targeted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camps in Balakot.

A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.

Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 26th

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 26th

Alexander of Alexandria

Emily Malbone Morgan (Episcopal Church (USA))

Isabelle of France

Li Tim-Oi (Anglican Church of Canada)

Porphyry of Gaza

February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Remembrance for Victims of Khojaly Massacre (Azerbaijan)

Liberation Day (Kuwait)

Saviours' Day (Nation of Islam)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

26.2.1591

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