February 28th, 1651

Born on February 28th, 1651

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 136,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 639 days, exactly on April 3rd, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1651 will be 137,000 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

45

Johann Beer

Austrian composer and writer

*February 28th, 1655, Sankt Georgen im Attergau †August 6th, 1700, Weißenfels

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

79

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

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

89

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

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

93

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

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

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress, guionist and directress

*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

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Born in 1651

79

Christoph von Steiger

Swiss politician (1651–1731)

*November 23rd, 1651, Bern †August 18th, 1731, Bern

43

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet

*November 12th, 1651, Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz †April 17th, 1695, Mexico City

80

Christian Vater

German botanist and physician (1651-1732)

*November 16th, 1651, Jüterbog †October 6th, 1732, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

65

Engelbert Kaempfer

German botanist (1651–1716)

*September 16th, 1651, Lemgo †November 2nd, 1716, Lieme

67

Georg Friedrich Meinhart

German theologian (1651-1718)

*April 4th, 1651, Ohrdruf †April 10th, 1718, Arnstadt

34

Charles II, Elector Palatine

Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685

*March 31st, 1651, Heidelberg †May 26th, 1685, Heidelberg

71

André Dacier

French scholar (1651-1722)

*April 6th, 1651, Castres †September 18th, 1722, Paris

80

Balthasar Permoser

German sculptor (1651-1732)

*August 13th, 1651, Traunstein †February 18th, 1732, Dresden

68

Francis Daniel Pastorius

German-born American educator, lawyer, poet, and public official

*September 26th, 1651, Sommerhausen †November 30th, 1719, Germantown

63

François Fénelon

French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)

*August 6th, 1651, Sainte-Mondane †January 7th, 1715, Cambrai

21

Margaret Theresa of Spain

Holy Roman empress (1651-1673)

*July 12th, 1651, Madrid †March 12th, 1673, Vienna

67

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

French priest and Catholic saint (1651–1719)

*April 30th, 1651, Reims †April 7th, 1719, Rouen

42

Natalya Naryshkina

Russian empress (1651-1694)

*September 1st, 1651, Moscow †February 4th, 1694, Moscow Kremlin

87

Samuel Bernard

French financier

*October 29th, 1651, Sancerre †January 18th, 1739, Paris

83

Johann Krieger

German composer and organist

*December 28th, 1651, Nuremberg †July 18th, 1735, Zittau

19

William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

*June 21st, 1651, Kassel †November 21st, 1670, Paris

70

Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld

Swedish field marshal (1651-1722)

*August 6th, 1651, Stralsund †January 29th, 1722, Strängnäs

76

Procopio Cutò

Italian chef (1651-1727)

*February 9th, 1651, Palermo †February 10th, 1727, Paris

46

Silvius II Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Oels

Duke of Oels

*February 21st, 1651, Oleśnica †June 3rd, 1697, Oleśnica

38

Quirinus Kuhlmann

German poet and mystic (1651-1689)

*February 25th, 1651, Wrocław †October 4th, 1689, Moscow

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1651 is a normal year and no leap year.

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