February 28th, 1652

Born on February 28th, 1652

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 135,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 63 days, exactly on July 7th, 2024, people who were born on February 28th, 1652 will be 136,000 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

45

Johann Beer

Austrian composer and writer

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

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

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

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

*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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33

Thomas Otway

English writer and dramatist (1652-1685)

*March 3rd, 1652, Trotton with Chithurst †April 14th, 1685, London

87

Clement XII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740

*April 7th, 1652, Florence †February 6th, 1740, Rome

77

Samuel Sewall

Salem witch trial judge; early abolitionist; chief justice of Massachusetts

*March 28th, 1652, Hampshire †January 1st, 1730, Boston

77

Johann Heinrich Ernesti

Philosopher and theologian

*March 12th, 1652, Königsfeld †October 16th, 1729, Leipzig

71

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus

German physician and botanist (1652-1723)

*December 9th, 1652, Leipzig †December 20th, 1723, Leipzig

55

Karolina of Legnica-Brieg

Silesian noblewoman

*December 2nd, 1652, Brzeg †December 24th, 1707, Wrocław

76

Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard

Marshal of France (1652-1728)

*February 14th, 1652, Dauphiné †March 20th, 1728, Paris

63

Andreas Wolff

German painter (1652-1716)

*December 11th, 1652, Munich †April 9th, 1716, Munich

69

Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine

German princess; wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

*May 27th, 1652, Heidelberg †December 8th, 1721, Saint-Cloud

67

Michel Rolle

French mathematician

*April 21st, 1652, Ambert †November 8th, 1719, Paris

79

Johann Ernst Kregel

German jurist

*August 13th, 1652, Magdeburg †December 26th, 1731, Leipzig

60

Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt

Regent of the Duchy of Württemberg and hymn lyricist (1652-1712)

*April 28th, 1652, Darmstadt †August 11th, 1712, Kirchheim unter Teck

60

Archibald Pitcairne

Scottish physician

*December 25th, 1652, Edinburgh †October 20th, 1713, Edinburgh

51

Johann Philipp d'Arco

Austrian army commander (1652-1704)

*May 11th, 1652, Arco †February 18th, 1704, Bregenz

78

Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate

German princess

*March 14th, 1652, Paris †August 12th, 1730, Asnières-sur-Seine

74

Anton Domenico Gabbiani

Italian painter (1652-1726)

*February 13th, 1652, Florence †November 22nd, 1726, Florence

61

Livio Odescalchi

Italian noble

*March 10th, 1652, Rome †September 8th, 1713, Rome

51

Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels

Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt and Duke of Württemberg-Oels

*April 9th, 1652, Oleśnica †April 5th, 1704, Oleśnica

66

Karl, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1652-1718)

*October 16th, 1652, Zerbst †November 3rd, 1718, Zerbst

45

Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

Regent of Württemberg

*September 12th, 1652, Stuttgart †December 20th, 1697, Stuttgart

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Leap year

Yes: 1652 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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