February 26th, 1616

Born on February 26th, 1616

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 149,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 100 days, exactly on November 3rd, 2026, people who were born on February 26th, 1616 will be 150,000 days old!

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What happened on February 26th, 1616?

February 26th, 1616

Galileo Galilei is formally banned by the Roman Catholic Church from teaching or defending the view that the earth orbits the sun.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair

What else happened on February 26th?

February 26th, 1993

A van filled with explosives is detonated by terrorists under the Austin J. Tobin Plaza at the World Trade Center site, killing six and injuring over 1,000 others.

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, 1903

Storm Ulysses struck Ireland, felling thousands of trees and causing damage to up to a quarter of all houses in Dublin.

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.

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

Same year
Born in 1616

86

John Wallis

English mathematician (*1616 – †1703)

*November 23rd, 1616, Ashford †October 28th, 1703, Oxford

66

John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale

Scottish politician (1616-1682)

*May 24th, 1616, Lennoxlove House †July 31st, 1682, Royal Tunbridge Wells

88

Plautilla Bricci

Architect and painter (1616-1705)

*August 13th, 1616, Rome †November 30th, 1704, Trastevere

64

Antoinette Bourignon

17th-century French-Flemish mystic

*January 13th, 1616, Lille †October 30th, 1680, Franeker

60

Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria

Archduchess of Austria (1616-1676)

*July 21st, 1616, Florence †September 11th, 1676, Vienna

39

Johann Erasmus Kindermann

German composer and organist

*March 29th, 1616, Nuremberg †April 14th, 1655, Nuremberg

51

Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski

Polish noble

*January 20th, 1616, Wiśnicz †December 31st, 1667, Wrocław

54

Alexander Morus

Franco-Scottish preacher (1616-1670)

*September 25th, 1616, Castres †September 28th, 1670, Paris

55

Sébastien Bourdon

French painter (1616-1671)

*February 2nd, 1616, Montpellier †May 8th, 1671, Paris

17

Trijntje Keever

Tallest female

*January 10th, 1616, Edam †July 22nd, 1633, Veere

64

Thomas Bartholin

Danish physician, mathematician and theologian

*October 20th, 1616, Copenhagen †December 4th, 1680, Copenhagen

64

Ferdinand Bol

Dutch painter (1616-1680)

*June 24th, 1616, Dordrecht †June 30th, 1680, Amsterdam

87

Roger L'Estrange

English pamphleteer and author, and staunch defender of royalist claims (1616-1704)

*December 17th, 1616, Hunstanton †December 11th, 1704, London

38

Eustache Le Sueur

French artist and one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting (1617-1655)

*November 19th, 1616, Paris †April 30th, 1655, Paris

63

Francisco Enríquez de Villacorta

*October 18th, 1616, Alcalá de Henares †January 1st, 1680, Alcalá de Henares

37

Henry Stone

British artist

*January 1st, 1616, London †August 24th, 1653, London

63

David Lewis

English Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr

*January 1st, 1616, Abergavenny †August 27th, 1679, Usk

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Leap year

Yes: 1616 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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