February 28th, 1682

Born on February 28th, 1682

Age in days, weeks and months
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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?

74

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

French scientist

*February 28th, 1683, La Rochelle †October 17th, 1757, Château de La Bermondière

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

79

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

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

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

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

69

James Bradley

English astronomer; Astronomer Royal

*February 28th, 1693, Sherborne †July 13th, 1762, Chalford

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

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

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

Same year
Born in 1682

36

Carl XII of Sweden

King of Sweden

*June 27th, 1682, Stockholm †December 11th, 1718, Halden Municipality

78

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll

Scottish noble (1682-1761)

*June 1st, 1682, Surrey †April 15th, 1761, London

51

Michael Friedrich von Althann

German cardinal

*July 20th, 1682, Kłodzko †June 20th, 1734, Vác

54

Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

*February 23rd, 1682, Weißenfels †June 18th, 1736, Sangerhausen

63

Bernhard Walter Marperger

German theologian

*May 14th, 1682, Hamburg †March 28th, 1746, Dresden

33

Roger Cotes

English mathematician

*July 10th, 1682, Burbage †June 5th, 1716, Cambridge

39

Bartholomew Roberts

Welsh pirate (1682-1722)

*May 17th, 1682, Little Newcastle †February 10th, 1722, Battle of Cape Lopez

37

Calico Jack

English pirate (1682-1720)

*December 27th, 1682, Bristol †November 18th, 1720, Port Royal

29

Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy

French duke (1682-1712)

*August 16th, 1682, Versailles †February 18th, 1712, Marly-le-Roi

48

Johann Christian Dauphin

Organ builder

*February 22nd, 1682, Thuringia †May 14th, 1730, Kleinheubach

72

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Italian painter

*February 13th, 1682, Venice †April 29th, 1754, Venice

67

Claudine Guérin de Tencin

French writer and salonist

*April 27th, 1682, Grenoble †December 4th, 1749, Paris

49

Johannes Ens

Dutch theologian

*May 9th, 1682, Kwadijk †January 6th, 1732, Utrecht

77

Elizabeth Parris

Accuser in the Salem witch trials

*November 28th, 1682, Massachusetts †March 21st, 1760, Sudbury

87

Jacopo Facciolati

Italian philologist (1682-1769)

*January 4th, 1682, Torreglia †August 26th, 1769, Padua

101

Giacobbe Cervetto

Italian composer active in England

*January 1st, 1682, Italy †January 14th, 1783, London

64

Ernest Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Bevern

*March 4th, 1682, Osterholz †April 14th, 1746, Brunswick

87

Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

*September 23rd, 1682, Schmalkalden †May 8th, 1770, Philippsthal (Werra)

58

Eleonore von Lobkowicz

(1682-1741) Princess of Schwarzenberg

*June 20th, 1682, Melnik Castle †May 5th, 1741, Vienna

77

William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682-1760)

*March 10th, 1682, Kassel †February 1st, 1760, Rinteln

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1682 is a normal year and no leap year.

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