February 28th, 1698

Born on February 28th, 1698

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 1698

60

Pierre Bouguer

French astronomer and mathematician (1698-1758)

*February 16th, 1698, Le Croisic †August 15th, 1758, Paris

66

Erik Pontoppidan

Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary (1698–1764)

*August 24th, 1698, Aarhus †December 20th, 1764, Copenhagen

68

Caspar Bernet

(1698-1766)

*January 9th, 1698, St. Gallen †September 29th, 1766, St. Gallen

59

Alberico Archinto

Italian cardinal

*November 8th, 1698, Milan †September 30th, 1758, Rome

81

Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena

Italian noble

*July 2nd, 1698, Modena †February 22nd, 1780, Palazzo Estense

77

Gisbert Matthias Elsner

German theologian

*April 1st, 1698, Goch †July 7th, 1775, Jutphaas

69

Johann Elias Ridinger

Painter and engraver (1698-1767)

*February 15th, 1698, Ulm †April 10th, 1767, Augsburg

43

Christoph Ernst Steinbach

German physician (1698-1741)

*March 24th, 1698, Zębowice †May 27th, 1741, Wrocław

68

Johann Christian Edelmann

German writer (1698-1767)

*July 9th, 1698, Weißenfels †February 15th, 1767, Berlin

76

Henry Baker

English naturalist (1698–1774)

*May 8th, 1698, London †November 25th, 1774, London

65

Nicola Logroscino

Italian composer

*October 22nd, 1698, Bitonto †January 1st, 1764, Palermo

76

Alfonso Clemente de Aróstegui

Scholar and Roman catholic bishop

*March 5th, 1698, Villanueva de la Jara †October 2nd, 1774, Madrid

77

Jean-Michel Papillon

French engraver (1698-1776)

*June 2nd, 1698, Paris †May 14th, 1776, Paris

40

Charles François de Cisternay du Fay

French chemist

*September 14th, 1698, Paris †July 16th, 1739, Paris

69

Benedetto Alfieri

Italian architect (1699-1767)

*November 30th, 1698, Rome †December 6th, 1767, Turin

79

Pierre Contant d'Ivry

French architect

*May 11th, 1698, Ivry-sur-Seine †October 1st, 1777, Paris

68

Giacomo Ceruti

Italian painter (1698-1767)

*October 13th, 1698, Milan †August 28th, 1767, Milan

88

François Francoeur

French composer and violinist

*September 21st, 1698, Paris †August 5th, 1787, Paris

74

Jean-Michel Chevotet

French architect (1698-1772)

*July 11th, 1698, Paris †December 4th, 1772, Paris

108

Jean Thurel

Fusilier of the French Army for over 90 years

*September 8th, 1698, Orain †March 10th, 1807, Tours

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1698 is a normal year and no leap year.

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