February 28th, 1707

Born on February 28th, 1707

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 116,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 366 days, exactly on June 30th, 2027, people who were born on February 28th, 1707 will be 117,000 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

Born on February 28th, 1707

65

Johann Christian Senckenberg

German doctor

*February 28th, 1707, Frankfurt †November 15th, 1772, Frankfurt

Same year
Born in 1707

70

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

*May 23rd, 1707, Råshult †January 10th, 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby

76

Leonhard Euler

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

*April 15th, 1707, Basel †September 18th, 1783, Saint Petersburg

86

Carlo Goldoni

Italian playwright (1707-1793)

*February 25th, 1707, Venice †February 6th, 1794, Paris

44

Frederick, Prince of Wales

Heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death

*January 31st, 1707, Hanover †March 20th, 1751, Leicester House

16

Léopold Clément of Lorraine

Heir apparent to the throne of the sovereign Duchy of Lorraine

*April 25th, 1707, Lunéville †June 4th, 1723, Lunéville

49

Johann Joseph von Trautson

(1707-1757) Austrian cardinal

*July 17th, 1707, Vienna †March 10th, 1757, Vienna

83

Johann Gottfried Hermann

German theologian (1707-1791)

*October 12th, 1707, Altjeßnitz †July 30th, 1791, Dresden

71

Johannes Burman

Dutch botanist

*April 26th, 1707, Amsterdam †January 20th, 1779, Amsterdam

50

Barbara Helena Preissler

German painter

*June 12th, 1707, Nuremberg †November 30th, 1757, Brunswick

70

Carl Günther Ludovici

German writer

*August 7th, 1707, Leipzig †July 5th, 1778, Leipzig

75

Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg

Prince-bishop of Paderborn (1707-1782)

*February 16th, 1707, Brakel †December 26th, 1782, Paderborn

61

Francesco Fontebasso

Italian painter (1707-1769)

*October 4th, 1707, Venice †May 31st, 1769, Venice

75

Francisco Salzillo

Spanish artist

*May 12th, 1707, Murcia †March 2nd, 1783, Murcia

40

Johann Friedrich Crell

German physician and educationist

*January 6th, 1707, Leipzig †May 19th, 1747, Helmstedt

81

Ferdinand Jakob Baier

German physician (1707-1788)

*February 13th, 1707, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †October 23rd, 1788, Ansbach

68

Vincenzo Riccati

Italian mathematician and physicist (1707-1775)

*January 11th, 1707, Castelfranco Veneto †January 17th, 1775, Treviso

73

Johan Ihre

Swedish philologist (1707-1780)

*March 3rd, 1707, Lund Cathedral parish †December 1st, 1780, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

86

Bernardino Galliari

Italian painter (1707-1794)

*November 3rd, 1707, Andorno Micca †January 1st, 1794, Andorno Micca

74

Johann August Ernesti

German theologian

*August 4th, 1707, Bad Tennstedt †September 11th, 1781, Leipzig

54

Pietro Rotari

Italian painter of Baroque period (1707–1762)

*September 30th, 1707, Verona †August 31st, 1762, Saint Petersburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1707 is a normal year and no leap year.

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