February 21st, 1640

Born on February 21st, 1640

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 141,000 days old!

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What happened on February 21st?

February 21st, 1973

After accidentally straying into the airspace of the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two Israeli fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.

February 21st, 1952

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

February 21st, 1929

Nanjing decade: In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.

February 21st, 1919

Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.

February 21st, 1878

The first telephone directory, consisting of a single page, was issued to fifty subscribers in New Haven, Connecticut.

February 21st, 1866

Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college.

February 21st, 1862

American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.

February 21st, 1828

The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.

February 21st, 1746

Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.

February 21st, 1437

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

February 21st, 2022

In the prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

February 21st, 2013

At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

February 21st, 1995

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

February 21st, 1994

Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.

February 21st, 1975

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 21st

Same year
Born in 1640

48

Aphra Behn

British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689)

*July 10th, 1640, Canterbury †April 16th, 1689, London

64

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia

*June 9th, 1640, Vienna †May 5th, 1705, Vienna

66

Madame de Montespan

French noble, mistress of Louis XIV; (1640-1707)

*October 5th, 1640, Lussac-les-Châteaux †May 27th, 1707, Bourbon-l'Archambault

74

Pu Songling

Chinese writer (1640–1715)

*June 5th, 1640, Zichuan District †February 25th, 1715, Zichuan District

62

Gérard Audran

French engraver (1640-1703)

*August 2nd, 1640, Lyon †July 26th, 1703, Paris

55

Peter Müller

(1640-1696)

*July 19th, 1640, Nordhausen †May 31st, 1696, Gera

70

Gerard de Lairesse

Painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands

*September 11th, 1640, Liège †July 28th, 1711, Amsterdam

68

Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland

English royal mistress from the Villiers family (1640-1709)

*November 27th, 1640, St Margaret's Church, Westminster †October 9th, 1709, Chiswick

78

Philippe de La Hire

French mathematician and astronomer (1640-1718)

*March 18th, 1640, Paris †April 21st, 1718, Paris

75

Jacques d'Agar

French painter (1640-1715)

*March 9th, 1640, Paris †November 16th, 1715, Copenhagen

85

Pierre II Mignard

French architect (1640-1725)

*February 20th, 1640, Avignon †April 10th, 1725, Avignon

83

Mariana Alcoforado

Portuguese nun and writer

*April 22nd, 1640, Beja †July 28th, 1723, Beja

91

Charles-René d'Hozier

French historian (1640-1732)

*February 24th, 1640, Paris †February 13th, 1732, Paris

82

Claude Fleury

French historian

*December 6th, 1640, Paris †July 14th, 1723, Paris

55

Robert Plot

English scientist

*December 13th, 1640, Sutton Baron And Sutton Baron Hall †April 30th, 1696, Kent

56

Georg Mohr

Danish mathematician

*April 1st, 1640, Copenhagen †January 26th, 1697, Sławnikowice

64

Benjamin Keach

British writer and theologian

*February 29th, 1640, Buckinghamshire †June 18th, 1704

84

Jonathan Singletary Dunham

American settler (1640-1724)

*January 17th, 1640, Newbury †September 6th, 1724

72

Philipp Müller

*August 24th, 1640, Sangerhausen †March 15th, 1713, Jena

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Leap year

Yes: 1640 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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