February 22nd, 1624

Born on February 22nd, 1624

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 146,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 19 days, exactly on August 13th, 2026, people who were born on February 22nd, 1624 will be 147,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 22nd?

February 22nd, 2019

A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid, Spain, and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.

February 22nd, 2012

A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a buffer stop at Once railway station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and more than 700 injuries.

February 22nd, 2011

Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people marched in protest in Manama against the deaths of seven people killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

February 22nd, 2006

Seven men staged the largest cash robbery in Britain at a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom.

February 22nd, 1997

Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the existence of Dolly, a female sheep who was the first mammal to have successfully been cloned from an adult cell.

February 22nd, 1983

The play Moose Murders opened and closed on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, becoming the standard of "awfulness" against which all Broadway failures are judged.

February 22nd, 1980

At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.

February 22nd, 1959

Lee Petty won the first edition of the Daytona 500, a NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Florida.

February 22nd, 1944

World War II: U.S. forces carried out a bombing raid on the Nazi-occupied Dutch city of Nijmegen, killing hundreds of civilians by accident.

February 22nd, 1921

The Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor after White Russian forces under Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (pictured) drove the Chinese out of Mongolia.

February 22nd, 1909

The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut (pictured), completed a circumnavigation of the globe.

February 22nd, 1876

The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, named after philanthropist Johns Hopkins, opened.

February 22nd, 1371

Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.

February 22nd, 1316

The Catalan forces of Ferdinand of Majorca defeated troops loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut at the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in modern-day Greece.

February 22nd, 1998

The cherry-throated tanager, a critically endangered bird which had not been definitively sighted in over a century, was rediscovered in Conceição do Castelo, Brazil.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 22nd

Same year
Born in 1624

44

Arnold Geulincx

Flemish Cartesian philosopher

*January 31st, 1624, Antwerp †January 1st, 1669, Leiden

83

Jean II d'Estrées

French noble

*January 1st, 1624, Solothurn †May 19th, 1707, Paris

60

Sten Nilsson Bielke

(1624-1684)

*August 8th, 1624, Turku Castle †September 8th, 1684, Stockholm City

68

Paul Pellisson

French writer

*October 30th, 1624, Béziers †February 7th, 1693, Paris

79

Hiob Ludolf

German orientalist (1624-1704)

*June 15th, 1624, Erfurt †April 8th, 1704, Frankfurt

74

Andrea Malinconico

Italian artist (1624-1698)

*January 1st, 1624, Naples †October 4th, 1698, Naples

82

Jean-Baptiste du Hamel

French philosopher

*June 11th, 1624, Vire †August 6th, 1706, Paris

76

Lambert Doomer

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1624-1700)

*February 11th, 1624, Amsterdam †July 2nd, 1700, Amsterdam

76

Jean Regnault de Segrais

French poet and novelist (1624-1701)

*August 22nd, 1624, Caen †March 25th, 1701, Caen

54

Henrik Ruse

Dutch military engineer

*April 9th, 1624, Ruinen †February 22nd, 1679, Winsum

65

Thomas Sydenham

English physician (1624–1689)

*September 10th, 1624, Wynford Eagle †December 29th, 1689, London

32

Erik Axelsson Oxenstierna

Swedish politician (1624-1656)

*February 13th, 1624, Fiholm Castle †October 23rd, 1656, Frombork

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 22nd

Fixed holidays (Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1624 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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