February 14th, 1598

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Born on February 14th, 1598 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1598)

Born on February 14th, 1598

Weekday

Saturday

February 14th, 1598 was a Saturday.

Age

426

People born on February 14th, 1598 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 426 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1598 - February 19th, 1598

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 155,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 334 days, exactly on March 27th, 2025, people who were born on February 14th, 1598 will be 156,000 days old!

155,666 Days

22,238 Weeks

5,114 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

2008 Northern Illinois University shooting

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

February 14th, 1804

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 14th?

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

Peter Ahlwardt

German theologian and philosopher (1710-1791)

*February 14th, 1710, Greifswald †March 1st, 1791, Greifswald

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

Otto Brüggemann

*February 14th, 1600, Hamburg †May 5th, 1640, Schleswig

Same year
Born in 1598

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)

*December 7th, 1598, Naples †November 28th, 1680, Rome

François Mansart

French architect (1598-1666)

*January 23rd, 1598, Paris †September 23rd, 1666, Paris

Francisco de Zurbarán

Spanish painter

*November 7th, 1598, Fuente de Cantos †August 27th, 1664, Madrid

Giovanni Battista Riccioli

16th century Italian theologian and astronomer

*April 17th, 1598, Ferrara †June 25th, 1671, Bologna

Hans Nansen

Danish politician

*November 28th, 1598, Flensburg †November 12th, 1667, Copenhagen

Gilbert Sheldon

Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of London (1598-1677)

*June 19th, 1598, Staffordshire †November 9th, 1677, Lambeth Palace

Matsudaira Tadamasa

[松平忠昌] daimyo of the early Edo period; 3rd lord of Fukui

*January 21st, 1598, Osaka †September 20th, 1645, Edo

Sir William Curtius

Resident ambassador of Charles I and II of England to the Holy Roman Empire; Baronet; FRS

*November 30th, 1598, Bensheim †January 23rd, 1678, Frankfurt

Christian I of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598-1654)

*September 3rd, 1598, Birkenfeld †September 6th, 1654, Neuenstein

Johann Peter Lotichius

German physician, historian and writer (1598-1669)

*March 8th, 1598, Bad Nauheim †March 31st, 1669, Frankfurt

Maarten Tromp

Dutch admiral (1598-1653)

*April 23rd, 1598, Brielle †August 10th, 1653, Scheveningen

Isaac Commelin

Dutch historian

*October 19th, 1598, Amsterdam †January 13th, 1676, Amsterdam

Johann Crüger

German hymnwriter

*April 9th, 1598, Guben †February 23rd, 1662, Berlin

Nicolas de Neufville de Villeroy

Marshal of France (1598-1685)

*October 14th, 1598, Paris †November 28th, 1685, Paris

Ernst Adalbert von Harrach

Austrian Catholic Cardinal

*November 4th, 1598, Vienna †October 25th, 1667, Vienna

Guillaume Colletet

French writer

*March 12th, 1598, Paris †February 11th, 1659, Paris

Paul Rotenburger

Organ builder

*November 28th, 1598, Salzburg †October 2nd, 1661, Salzburg

William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

German Duke (1598-1662)

*April 11th, 1598, Altenburg †May 17th, 1662, Weimar

Eleonora Gonzaga

Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia and Empress Consort of Holy Roman Empire (1598-1655)

*September 23rd, 1598, Mantua †June 27th, 1655, Vienna

Giovanni Francesco Busenello

Italian librettist (1598-1659)

*September 24th, 1598, Venice †October 27th, 1659, Legnaro

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 14th.

Valentine's Day!

Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.II.MDXCVIII

14.2.1598

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XC = 90

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1598 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1598

February 1598

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