February 22nd, 1685

Born on February 22nd, 1685

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 123,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 122 days, exactly on August 24th, 2024, people who were born on February 22nd, 1685 will be 124,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 22nd?

February 22nd, 2019

A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.

February 22nd, 2012

A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a buffer stop at Once railway station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and more than 700 injuries.

February 22nd, 2011

Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people marched in protest in Manama against the deaths of seven people killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

February 22nd, 2006

Seven men staged the largest cash robbery in Britain at a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom.

February 22nd, 1997

Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the existence of Dolly, a female sheep who was the first mammal to have successfully been cloned from an adult cell.

February 22nd, 1983

The play Moose Murders opened and closed on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, becoming the standard of "awfulness" against which all Broadway failures are judged.

February 22nd, 1980

At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.

February 22nd, 1959

Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Daytona Beach, Florida.

February 22nd, 1944

World War II: U.S. forces carried out a bombing raid on the Nazi-occupied Dutch city of Nijmegen, killing hundreds of civilians by accident.

February 22nd, 1921

The Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor after White Russian forces under Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (pictured) drove the Chinese out of Mongolia.

February 22nd, 1909

The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut (pictured), completed a circumnavigation of the globe.

February 22nd, 1876

The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, named after philanthropist Johns Hopkins, opened.

February 22nd, 1371

Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.

February 22nd, 1316

The Catalan forces of Ferdinand of Majorca defeated troops loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut at the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in modern-day Greece.

February 22nd, 1974

Samuel Byck attempted to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but he was stopped by police.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 22nd?

67

George Washington

President of the United States from 1789 to 1797

*February 22nd, 1732, Westmoreland County †December 14th, 1799, Mount Vernon

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

39

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810-1849)

*February 22nd, 1810, Żelazowa Wola †October 17th, 1849, Paris

70

Christoph von Steiger

Swiss politician (1694–1765)

*February 22nd, 1694, Bern †February 12th, 1765, Bern

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

29

Lexa

Brazilian singer-songwriter and dancer

*February 22nd, 1995, Rio de Janeiro

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

62

Kenneth Williams

British actor and comedian (1926–1988)

*February 22nd, 1926, Islington †April 15th, 1988, London Borough of Camden

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

72

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher (1788–1860)

*February 22nd, 1788, Gdańsk †September 21st, 1860, Frankfurt

65

Kyle MacLachlan

American actor

*February 22nd, 1959, Yakima

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

21

Ridya Aulia Fatasya

Indonesian badminton player

*February 22nd, 2003, Semarang City

46

Jules Renard

French author (1864-1910)

*February 22nd, 1864, Châlons-du-Maine †May 22nd, 1910, Bucharest

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

55

Joaquín Cortés

Spanish dancer

*February 22nd, 1969, Córdoba

36

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn

44

Steve Irwin

Australian zookeeper, conservationist and TV personality (1962–2006)

*February 22nd, 1962, Upper Ferntree Gully †September 4th, 2006, Batt Reef

88

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

*February 22nd, 1889, Chesterfield †June 25th, 1977, Bramley

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Born in 1685

65

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer (1685–1750)

*March 21st, 1685, Eisenach †July 28th, 1750, Leipzig

74

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)

*February 23rd, 1685, Halle (Saale) †April 14th, 1759, London

47

John Gay

English poet and playwright (1685–1732)

*June 30th, 1685, Barnstaple †December 4th, 1732, London

67

George Berkeley

Irish idealist philosopher and Anglican bishop (1685–1753)

*March 12th, 1685, Kilkenny †January 14th, 1753, Oxford

55

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor

*October 1st, 1685, Vienna †October 20th, 1740, Vienna

71

Domenico Scarlatti

Italian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti

*October 26th, 1685, Kingdom of Naples †July 23rd, 1757, Madrid

85

Charles-Jean-François Hénault

French writer and historian (1685-1770)

*February 8th, 1685, Paris †November 24th, 1770, Paris

46

Brook Taylor

English mathematician (1685-1731)

*August 18th, 1685, Edmonton †November 30th, 1731, London

54

Thomas Tickell

English poet and man of letters (1685-1740)

*December 17th, 1685, Bridekirk †April 21st, 1740, Bath

63

Balthasar Denner

German painter (1685-1749)

*November 15th, 1685, Hamburg †April 14th, 1749, Rostock

80

Johann Maria Farina

Italian perfumer and inventor

*December 8th, 1685, Santa Maria Maggiore †November 25th, 1766, Cologne

26

Marie Adélaïde of Savoy

Dauphine of France

*December 6th, 1685, Turin †February 12th, 1712, Palace of Versailles

90

Christian Reichart

German gardener and botanist (1685-1775)

*July 4th, 1685, Erfurt †July 30th, 1775, Erfurt

53

Jean-Pierre Nicéron

French encyclopedist

*March 11th, 1685, Paris †July 8th, 1738, Paris

66

Claude Joseph Geoffroy

French scientist (1685-1752)

*August 8th, 1685, Paris †March 9th, 1752, Paris

60

Jacques Duhan de Jandun

German educator (1685-1746)

*March 14th, 1685, Jandun †January 3rd, 1746, Berlin

76

Christiane Charlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler

Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken, later Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg

*September 2nd, 1685, Ottweiler †November 6th, 1761, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

74

Sebastián de Eslava

Viceroy of New Grenada (1685-1759)

*January 19th, 1685, Enériz/Eneritz †June 21st, 1759, Madrid

60

Gottfried Kirchoff

German composer (1685-1746)

*September 15th, 1685, Mühlbeck †January 21st, 1746, Halle (Saale)

81

Tiberius Hemsterhuis

Dutch linguist (1685-1766)

*January 9th, 1685, Groningen †April 7th, 1766, Leiden

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 22nd

Fixed holidays (Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1685 is a normal year and no leap year.

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