February 28th, 1634

Born on February 28th, 1634

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 489 days, exactly on September 6th, 2025, people who were born on February 28th, 1634 will be 143,000 days old!

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What happened on February 28th?

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, 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.

February 28th, 1904

The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.

February 28th, 1897

Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by French military forces.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 28th?

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

93

Linus Pauling

American scientist

*February 28th, 1901, Portland †August 18th, 1994, Big Sur

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

59

Michel de Montaigne

French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)

*February 28th, 1533, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne †September 12th, 1592, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Brooklyn †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

89

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

*February 28th, 1923, Highland Falls †December 24th, 2012, New York City

79

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

*February 28th, 1740, Uhlstädt †October 11th, 1819, Grodziszcze, Ząbkowice Śląskie County

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

93

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

*February 28th, 1925, Berlin †March 3rd, 2018, Berlin

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

76

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford

Royalist during the English Civil War

*February 28th, 1627, Cambridge †March 12th, 1703, London

84

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

*February 28th, 1932, Burnaby †April 3rd, 2016, Toronto

85

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

36

Markéta Irglová

Czech singer-songwriter, musician and actress

*February 28th, 1988, Valašské Meziříčí

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Born in 1634

61

Mariana of Austria

Queen consort of Spain (1634-1696)

*December 24th, 1634, Vienna †May 16th, 1696, Madrid

60

Anselm Franz von Ingelheim

Archbishop of Mainz

*September 16th, 1634, Cologne †March 30th, 1695, Aschaffenburg

89

René Boudier

French historian, poet and translator

*January 1st, 1634, Alençon †November 16th, 1723, Mantes-la-Jolie

54

Gaspar Fagel

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1634-1688)

*January 25th, 1634, The Hague †December 15th, 1688, The Hague

32

Adam Krieger

German composer (1634-1666)

*January 7th, 1634, Drezdenko †June 30th, 1666, Dresden

40

Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy

Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675

*June 20th, 1634, Turin †June 12th, 1675, Turin

59

Madame de Lafayette

French writer (1634-1693)

*March 18th, 1634, Paris †May 25th, 1693, Paris

70

Luca Giordano

Italian Baroque painter (1634–1705)

*October 18th, 1634, Naples †January 3rd, 1705, Naples

64

Pierre Thomas

French writer

*August 6th, 1634, Rouen †November 4th, 1698

76

Johannes Vermehren

Rat der Herzöge von Mecklenburg

*January 1st, 1634, Lübeck †January 1st, 1710, Rostock

48

Manuel Lobo

Portuguese colonial administrator

*November 30th, 1634, Verdelha do Ruivo †November 30th, 1682, Buenos Aires

64

Adrian Beier the Younger

German judge (1634-1698)

*January 29th, 1634, Jena †September 7th, 1698, Jena

52

John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

German duke (1634-1686)

*July 12th, 1634, Weimar †September 19th, 1686, Schloss Wilhelmsthal

64

Balthasar Bekker

Dutch minister and author

*March 20th, 1634, Mitselwier †June 11th, 1698, Amsterdam

26

Lady Katherine Ferrers

English highwayman

*May 4th, 1634, Bayford †May 31st, 1660, St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead

66

Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Duchess consort of Saxe-Merseburg (1634-1701)

*September 22nd, 1634, Copenhagen †May 20th, 1701, Delitzsch

31

George Christian, Prince of East Frisia

Prince of Ostfriesland

*February 6th, 1634, Aurich †June 6th, 1665, Aurich

27

Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena

Italian noble

*October 14th, 1634, Modena †July 16th, 1662, Modena

51

Adam Colonia

Dutch Golden Age painter (1634-1685)

*August 12th, 1634, Rotterdam †September 1st, 1685, London

71

Antonio Hugo de Omerique

Spanish mathematician

*January 6th, 1634, Sanlúcar de Barrameda †February 27th, 1705, Cádiz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1634 is a normal year and no leap year.

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