February 28th, 1686

Born on February 28th, 1686

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 124,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 670 days, exactly on May 26th, 2028, people who were born on February 28th, 1686 will be 125,000 days old!

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What happened on February 28th?

February 28th, 1966

American test pilots Charles Bassett and Elliot See die in a plane crash in in St. Louis, Missouri.

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, 1939

In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word dord was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor.

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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Same year
Born in 1686

52

Cosmas Damian Asam

German artist (1686-1739)

*September 28th, 1686, Benediktbeuern †May 10th, 1739, Munich

72

Hans Egede

Missionary to Greenland, Lutheran pastor (1686-1758)

*January 31st, 1686, Harstad Municipality †November 5th, 1758, Stubbekøbing

81

Nicola Porpora

Italian composer

*August 17th, 1686, Naples †March 3rd, 1768, Naples

71

Antoine de Jussieu

French botanist (1686-1758)

*July 6th, 1686, Lyon †April 22nd, 1758, Paris

67

Agostino Cornacchini

Italian artist (1686-1754)

*August 27th, 1686, Pescia †January 1st, 1754, Rome

66

Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1686-1752)

*June 7th, 1686, Neustrelitz †December 11th, 1752, Neustrelitz

52

Benedetto Marcello

Italian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher

*August 9th, 1686, Venice †July 24th, 1739, Brescia

50

Eustace Budgell

Irish politician (1686-1737)

*August 19th, 1686, Exeter †May 4th, 1737, London

72

Senesino

Italian castrato (1686-1758)

*October 31st, 1686, Siena †November 27th, 1758, Siena

27

Charles of France, Duke of Berry

French noble

*August 31st, 1686, Versailles †May 4th, 1714, Marly-le-Roi

80

Archibald Bower

Scottish Historian

*January 17th, 1686, Dundee †September 3rd, 1766, London

73

Christoph Matthäus Pfaff

German theologian

*December 25th, 1686, Stuttgart †November 19th, 1760, Giessen

76

Giovanni Battista Somis

Italian violinist and composer (1686-1763)

*December 25th, 1686, Turin †August 14th, 1763, Turin

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1686 is a normal year and no leap year.

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