February 28th, 1647

Born on February 28th, 1647

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 137,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 234 days, exactly on December 28th, 2024, people who were born on February 28th, 1647 will be 138,000 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

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

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

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

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

76

Steven Chu

American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

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66

Denis Papin

French physicist, mathematician and inventor (*1647 – †1713)

*August 22nd, 1647, Chitenay †August 26th, 1713, London

59

Antonio Teodoro Ortells

Spanish composer (1647-1706)

*March 29th, 1647, Rubielos de Mora †November 4th, 1706, Valencia

69

Maria Sibylla Merian

Entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717)

*April 2nd, 1647, Frankfurt †January 13th, 1717, Amsterdam

33

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

English poet, and peer of the realm (1647-1680)

*April 1st, 1647, Ditchley †July 26th, 1680, Woodstock

30

William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1647-1677)

*January 7th, 1647, Stuttgart †June 23rd, 1677, Hirsau

42

Eberhard Werner Happel

Author

*August 12th, 1647, Kirchhain †May 15th, 1690, Hamburg

46

Elisabeth Hevelius

Astronomer

*January 17th, 1647, Gdańsk †December 22nd, 1693, Gdańsk

59

Pierre Bayle

French philosopher and writer

*November 18th, 1647, Carla-Bayle †December 28th, 1706, Rotterdam

73

Johann Diecmann

German theologian

*June 30th, 1647, Stade †July 4th, 1720

43

Margaret Mary Alacoque

Catholic Saint and Mystic (1647-1690)

*July 22nd, 1647, Verosvres †October 17th, 1690, Paray-le-Monial

44

John George III of Saxony

Elector of Saxony from 1680 to 1691

*June 20th, 1647, Dresden †September 12th, 1691, Tübingen

82

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham

British noble and politician

*July 2nd, 1647, London †January 1st, 1730, Burley

85

Jan van Huchtenburgh

Dutch painter (1647-1733)

*November 20th, 1647, Haarlem †July 2nd, 1733, Amsterdam

31

Luise Marie of the Palatinate

German princess

*July 23rd, 1647, Paris †March 11th, 1679, Aachen

32

Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen

*November 26th, 1647, Giessen †April 19th, 1680, Ichtershausen

73

Johann Alexander Boener

German draughtsperson (1647-1720)

*February 17th, 1647, Nuremberg †November 2nd, 1720, Nuremberg

77

Gerhard Noodt

Dutch lawyer (1647-1725)

*September 4th, 1647, Nijmegen †August 15th, 1725, Leiden

72

Ludwig Günther Martini

German jurist (1647-1719)

*January 25th, 1647, Sondershausen †July 27th, 1719, Reddeber

67

Daniel Eberlin

German composer

*December 4th, 1647, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1715, Kassel

45

John de Brito

Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr

*March 1st, 1647, Lisbon †February 4th, 1693, Oriyur

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No: With 365 days 1647 is a normal year and no leap year.

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