February 28th, 1633

Born on February 28th, 1633

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What happened on February 28th?

February 28th, 1966

American test pilots Charles Bassett and Elliot See die in a plane crash in in St. Louis, Missouri.

February 28th, 2021

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history.

February 28th, 2013

Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy.

February 28th, 2002

During a period of religious violence in Gujarat, India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and in Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths.

February 28th, 2001

A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.

February 28th, 1997

Two heavily armed bank robbers exchanged gunfire with officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood, in one of the most intense gun battles in American police history.

February 28th, 1985

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine people.

February 28th, 1975

A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.

February 28th, 1974

The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.

February 28th, 1972

Japanese police stormed a mountain lodge near Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to end a ten-day siege by members of the paramilitary group United Red Army.

February 28th, 1963

Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was murdered in his office by unknown assailants two days after having been reelected.

February 28th, 1947

Nationalist soldiers fired on protesters in Taipei (crowd pictured), triggering widespread uprisings and violent suppression in the White Terror.

February 28th, 1939

In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word dord was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor.

February 28th, 1928

Indian physicist C. V. Raman and his colleagues discovered what is now known as Raman scattering, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

February 28th, 1914

In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Same year
Born in 1633

67

James II of England

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1633–1701)

*October 14th, 1633, London †September 5th, 1701, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

73

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

French military engineer

*April 30th, 1633, Saint-Léger-Vauban †March 30th, 1707, Paris

70

Samuel Pepys

English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)

*February 23rd, 1633, City of London †May 26th, 1703, Clapham

32

Abbas II of Persia

The seventh Safavid king (1642–1666)

*December 20th, 1633, Qazvin †October 26th, 1666, Damghan

54

Geminiano Montanari

Italian astronomer (1633-1687)

*June 1st, 1633, Modena †October 13th, 1687, Padua

48

Charles Eugene, 2nd Duke of Arenberg

Belgian noble (1633-1681)

*May 8th, 1633, Brussels metropolitan area †June 25th, 1681, Mons

76

Martin Hanke

German historian

*February 15th, 1633, Borna †April 20th, 1709, Wrocław

51

Christian von Stökken

German writer (1633-1684)

*August 15th, 1633, Rendsburg †September 4th, 1684, Rendsburg

82

Benedetto Gennari II

Italian painter (1633-1715)

*October 19th, 1633, Cento †December 9th, 1715, Bologna

74

Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

German general, Landgraf of Hesse-Homburg

*March 30th, 1633, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe †January 24th, 1708, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

65

Johann Heinrich Heidegger

Swiss theologian

*July 1st, 1633, Bäretswil †July 18th, 1698, Zürich

71

Johann Christoph Wagenseil

German Christian Hebraist

*November 26th, 1633, Nuremberg †October 9th, 1705, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

85

Georg Christoph Petri von Hartenfels

German physician (1633-1718)

*February 13th, 1633, Erfurt †December 6th, 1718, Erfurt

88

Gerhard Wolter Molanus

German theologian

*November 1st, 1633, Hamelin †September 7th, 1722, Hanover

62

Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Last Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and last Administrator of Ratzeburg

*February 26th, 1633, Güstrow †October 26th, 1695, Güstrow

43

Sebastian Knüpfer

German composer

*September 6th, 1633, Aš †October 10th, 1676, Leipzig

71

Paolo Boccone

Italian Botanist (1633-1704)

*April 24th, 1633, Palermo †December 22nd, 1704, Altofonte

60

Charles Patin

French physician (1633-1693)

*February 23rd, 1633, Paris †October 10th, 1693, Padua

78

Philippus van Limborch

Dutch theologian

*June 19th, 1633, Amsterdam †April 30th, 1712, Amsterdam

69

Jan de Baen

Dutch painter (1633-1702)

*February 20th, 1633, Haarlem †March 1st, 1702, The Hague

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No: With 365 days 1633 is a normal year and no leap year.

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