Born on February 29th, 1616
Weekday
Monday
February 29th, 1616 was a Monday.
Age
People born on February 29th, 1616 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 408 years old this year (2024).
Zodiac
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Pisces (The Fish)
February 20th, 1616 - March 20th, 1616
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 149,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 922 days, exactly on November 6th, 2026, people who were born on February 29th, 1616 will be 150,000 days old!
149,078 Days
21,296 Weeks
4,897 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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Hours
What happened on February 29th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 29th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 29th?
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81 Paul III
Leader of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549
*February 29th, 1468, Castello dell'Abbadia †November 10th, 1549, Quirinal Hill
Gioachino Rossini
Italian opera composer (1792-1868)
*February 29th, 1792, Casa Rossini †November 13th, 1868, Passy.jpg "Ruby Wilson")
68 Ruby Wilson
American singer (1948-2016)
*February 29th, 1948, Fort Worth †August 12th, 2016, Memphis
Eva Marie Veigel
Austrian dancer in London
*February 29th, 1724, Vienna †October 16th, 1822, London
Washington Bartlett
Governor of California (1824-1887)
*February 29th, 1824, Savannah †September 12th, 1887, Oakland
88 Seymour Papert
MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator
*February 29th, 1928, Pretoria †July 31st, 2016, Blue Hill
84 Frank Gavan Duffy
Australian judge (1852–1936)
*February 29th, 1852, Dublin †July 29th, 1936, FitzroySame year
Born in 1616
86 John Wallis
English mathematician (*1616 – †1703)
*November 23rd, 1616, Ashford †October 28th, 1703, Oxford.jpg "Eustache Le Sueur")
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
87 Roger L'Estrange
English pamphleteer and author, and staunch defender of royalist claims (1616-1704)
*December 17th, 1616, Hunstanton †December 11th, 1704, London
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63 Francisco Enríquez de Villacorta
*October 18th, 1616, Alcalá de Henares †January 1st, 1680, Alcalá de Henares
63 David Lewis
English Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr
*January 1st, 1616, Abergavenny †August 27th, 1679, Usk
Johann Jakob Froberger
German composer and keyboardist
*May 18th, 1616, Stuttgart †May 7th, 1667, HéricourtChristian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau
German poet
*December 25th, 1616, Wrocław †April 18th, 1679, WrocławJohann Brever
German author and theologian
*January 1st, 1616, Lutherstadt Eisleben †January 1st, 1700, RigaAntoinette Bourignon
17th-century French-Flemish mystic
*January 13th, 1616, Lille †October 30th, 1680, FranekerSophie Elisabeth of Brandenburg
Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg
*February 1st, 1616, Moritzburg †March 16th, 1650, Schloss AltenburgJohn Leverett
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
*July 7th, 1616, Boston †March 16th, 1679, Massachusetts Bay ColonyNicholas Culpeper
English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (1616-1654)
*October 18th, 1616, Surrey †January 10th, 1654, LondonPietro Andrea Ziani
Italian organist and composer (1616-1684)
*December 21st, 1616, Venice †February 12th, 1684, NaplesChristian Günther II, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt
Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen-Arnstadt
*April 1st, 1616, Ebeleben †September 10th, 1666, ArnstadtBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on February 29th
Fixed holidays (As a Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 29th.
February 29 in the Orthodox church
As a Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_29_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Rare Disease Day (in leap years; celebrated in common years on February 28)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Disease_DayBachelor's Day (Ireland, United Kingdom)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor's_Day_(tradition)Rare Disease Day (in leap years; usually celebrated in common years on February 28)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Disease_DayBachelor's Day (Ireland and United Kingdom)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor's_Day_(tradition)Date as a Roman numeral / digit
29.2.1616
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | X = 10 | IX = 9 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
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).