February 28th, 1693

Born on February 28th, 1693

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 46 days, exactly on June 13th, 2024, people who were born on February 28th, 1693 will be 121,000 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

Born on February 28th, 1693

69

James Bradley

English astronomer; Astronomer Royal

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

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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

74

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

French scientist

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

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

89

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

*February 28th, 1923, Highland Falls †December 24th, 2012, New York City

28

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia

Russian Tsarevich (1690-1718)

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

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

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

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

85

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

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Born in 1693

47

Anna I of Russia

Empress of Russia (1693–1740)

*January 28th, 1693, Moscow †October 17th, 1740, Saint Petersburg

75

Clement XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1758 to 1769

*March 7th, 1693, Venice †February 2nd, 1769, Rome

63

Bernd Siegmund von Blankensee

Prussian military personnel

*June 9th, 1693, Schlagenthin †February 8th, 1757, Magdeburg

82

John Harrison

British clockmaker, horologist and inventor of the marine chronometer

*April 3rd, 1693, Foulby †March 24th, 1776, London

77

Johann Wolfgang Textor

German politician (1693-1771)

*December 12th, 1693, Frankfurt †February 6th, 1771, Frankfurt

64

Claus Reventlow

Danish jurist and judge (1693-1758)

*December 3rd, 1693, Copenhagen †May 10th, 1758, Copenhagen

75

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Prime Minister of Great Britain (1693-1768)

*July 21st, 1693, London †November 17th, 1768, Lincoln's Inn Fields

38

Siegmund Jakob Apinus

German philologist and educator

*June 7th, 1693, Hersbruck †March 24th, 1732, Brunswick

65

Christian Hauschild

German theologian (1693-1759)

*October 9th, 1693, Schneeberg †February 13th, 1759, Dresden

78

Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

*September 7th, 1693, Schaumburg Castle †April 15th, 1772, Balduinstein

84

Heinrich Martin Thümmig

German theologian (1693-1778)

*June 5th, 1693, Münchsteinach †March 23rd, 1778, Bad Steben

47

Georg Sigismund Caspari

(1693-1741)

*May 17th, 1693, Żary †April 7th, 1741, Königsberg

65

Bartolomeo Nazari

Italian painter

*May 31st, 1693, Clusone †August 24th, 1758, Milan

76

Friedrich Wilhelm von Borck

German politician (1693-1769)

*March 20th, 1693, Gawroniec, West Pomeranian Voivodeship †August 26th, 1769, Berlin

43

Johann Georg Zierenberg

German jurist (1693-1736)

*August 2nd, 1693, Bremen †December 15th, 1736, Bremen

76

Carlo Francesco Durini

Italian cardinal of the Roman church

*January 20th, 1693, Milan †June 25th, 1769, Milan

61

Johann Jakob Wettstein

Swiss theologian

*March 5th, 1693, Basel †March 23rd, 1754, Amsterdam

85

Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham

British Countess (1693-1778)

*April 1st, 1693, Hanover †September 16th, 1778, London

52

Jacobus Nozeman

Dutch composer

*August 30th, 1693, Hamburg †October 6th, 1745, Amsterdam

68

Laurent Belissen

French composer (1693-1762)

*August 8th, 1693, Aix-en-Provence †February 12th, 1762, Marseille

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No: With 365 days 1693 is a normal year and no leap year.

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