February 28th, 1692

Born on February 28th, 1692

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 121,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 615 days, exactly on March 9th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1692 will be 122,000 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?

69

James Bradley

English astronomer; Astronomer Royal

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

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

79

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

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

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

28

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia

Russian Tsarevich (1690-1718)

*February 28th, 1690, Moscow †July 7th, 1718, Peter and Paul Fortress

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

74

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

French scientist

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

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

84

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

*February 28th, 1932, Burnaby †April 3rd, 2016, Toronto

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

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress, guionist and directress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

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Born in 1692

77

Giuseppe Tartini

Italian composer and violinist (1692-1770)

*April 8th, 1692, Piran †February 26th, 1770, Padua

73

Elisabeth Farnese

Queen consort of Spain (1692-1766)

*October 25th, 1692, Palazzo della Pilotta †July 11th, 1766, Aranjuez

71

John Byrom

English poet and inventor of a shorthand system

*February 29th, 1692, Manchester †September 26th, 1763, Manchester

82

Eusebius Amort

German Roman Catholic theologian

*November 15th, 1692, Bad Tölz †February 5th, 1775, Polling

75

Jean Restout

French painter (1692-1768)

*March 26th, 1692, Rouen †January 1st, 1768, Paris

72

Petrus Wesseling

German librarian, law librarian and writer

*January 7th, 1692, Burgsteinfurt †November 9th, 1764, Utrecht

70

Louis Racine

French poet of the Age of the Enlightenment

*November 6th, 1692, Paris †January 29th, 1763, Paris

47

Geminiano Giacomelli

Italian composer

*May 28th, 1692, Colorno †January 25th, 1740, Loreto

47

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon

French politician and prince (1692-1740)

*August 18th, 1692, Versailles †January 27th, 1740, Chantilly

65

Princess Isabella Charlotte of Nassau-Dietz

(1692-1757)

*January 22nd, 1692, Leeuwarden †September 18th, 1757

62

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée

French playwright (1692-1754)

*February 14th, 1692, Paris †March 14th, 1754, Paris

58

Egid Quirin Asam

German sculptor (1692-1750)

*January 1st, 1692, Tegernsee †April 29th, 1750, Mannheim

69

Pieter van Musschenbroek

Dutch naturalist (*1692 – †1761)

*March 14th, 1692, Leiden †September 19th, 1761, Leiden

72

Wilhelm Ernst Starke

German theologian (1692-1764)

*April 19th, 1692, Ballenstedt †June 25th, 1764, Bernburg

76

Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni

Italian poet (1692-1768)

*November 21st, 1692, Genoa †December 20th, 1768, Parma

72

Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus

French antiquarian (1692-1765)

*October 31st, 1692, Paris †September 5th, 1765, Paris

57

Ferdinand Leopold, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

German nobleman; ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1692-1750)

*December 4th, 1692, Sigmaringen †July 23rd, 1750, Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces

87

Joseph Highmore

British artist (1692-1780)

*June 13th, 1692, London †March 3rd, 1780, Canterbury

69

William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

*April 1st, 1692, Philippsthal (Werra) †May 13th, 1761, Breda

52

Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*August 14th, 1692, Rudolstadt †September 1st, 1744, Rudolstadt

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Leap year

Yes: 1692 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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