February 28th, 1638

Born on February 28th, 1638

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What happened on February 28th, 1638?

February 28th, 1638

The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Covenant

February 28th, 1638

The National Covenant was formally adopted in opposition to proposed reforms to the Church of Scotland by King Charles I.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Covenant

What else 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.

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

Same year
Born in 1638

76

Louis XIV of France

King of France and Navarra, from 1643 to 1715

*September 5th, 1638, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye †September 1st, 1715, Palace of Versailles

71

Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon

English noble

*June 2nd, 1638, Westminster †October 31st, 1709, Westminster

22

Shunzhi Emperor

Qing Dynasty emperor of China (1638–1661)

*March 15th, 1638, Mukden Palace †February 5th, 1661, Hall of Mental Cultivation

77

Nicolas Malebranche

French philosopher

*August 6th, 1638, Paris †October 13th, 1715, Paris

48

Nicolaus Steno

Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638–1686)

*January 11th, 1638, Copenhagen †December 5th, 1686, Schwerin

67

Catherine of Braganza

Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (1638–1705)

*November 25th, 1638, Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa †December 31st, 1705, Palácio da Bemposta

27

Elisabetta Sirani

Italian painter (1638-1665)

*January 8th, 1638, Bologna †August 28th, 1665, Bologna

68

Pieter de Graeff

Dutch politician and noble (1638-1707)

*August 15th, 1638, Amsterdam †June 3rd, 1707, Amsterdam

65

Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve

Danish noble and general (1638-1704)

*July 20th, 1638, Bremen †April 17th, 1704, Hamburg

47

Go-Sai

Emperor of Japan

*January 1st, 1638, Kyoto †March 22nd, 1685, Kyoto

66

Georg Christoph Eimmart

Engraver

*August 22nd, 1638, Regensburg †January 5th, 1705, Nuremberg

67

Georg Engelbrecht

German university professor (1638-1705)

*March 4th, 1638, Hildesheim †August 24th, 1705, Helmstedt

74

Johann Samuel Adami

German theologian

*October 21st, 1638, Dresden †March 13th, 1713, Pretzschendorf

73

Richard Simon

Biblical critic

*May 13th, 1638, Dieppe †April 11th, 1712, Dieppe

92

Frederik Ruysch

Dutch botanist and anatomist (1638-1731)

*March 28th, 1638, The Hague †February 22nd, 1731, Amsterdam

83

Samuel Frisching

Swiss politician (1638-1721)

*June 27th, 1638, Bern †October 23rd, 1721, Bern

51

Adam Christoph Jacobi

*January 1st, 1638, Gundorf †January 1st, 1689, Dresden

64

François Barrême

French mathematician

*July 7th, 1638, Tarascon †January 1st, 1703, Paris

47

David Teniers III

Flemish painter (1638-1685)

*July 10th, 1638, Antwerp †October 2nd, 1685, City of Brussels

66

Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg

German noble

*September 30th, 1638, Munich †March 20th, 1705, Türkheim

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No: With 365 days 1638 is a normal year and no leap year.

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