February 28th, 1707

Born on February 28th, 1707

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 115,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 155 days, exactly on October 3rd, 2024, people who were born on February 28th, 1707 will be 116,000 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, 1707

65

Johann Christian Senckenberg

German doctor

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

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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

79

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

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

93

Linus Pauling

American scientist

*February 28th, 1901, Portland †August 18th, 1994, Big Sur

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

56

Louis Godin

French astronomer

*February 28th, 1704, Paris †September 11th, 1760, Cádiz

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

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

47

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

French soldier

*February 28th, 1712, Nîmes †September 14th, 1759, Quebec City

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

85

Tommy Tune

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

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

79

René Just Haüy

French mineralogist

*February 28th, 1743, Saint-Just-en-Chaussée †June 3rd, 1822, Paris

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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

80

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

French natural historian (1707-1788)

*September 7th, 1707, Montbard †April 15th, 1788, Paris

17

Louis I of Spain

King of Spain

*August 25th, 1707, Madrid †August 31st, 1724, Madrid

85

Anton Peter Příchovský von Příchovice

Roman-Catholic archbishop (1707-1793)

*August 28th, 1707, Svojšín †April 14th, 1793, Prague

79

Magdalena Sibylla Rieger

German writer (1707-1786)

*December 29th, 1707, Maulbronn †December 31st, 1786, Stuttgart

87

Michel Corrette

French organist and composer

*April 10th, 1707, Rouen †January 21st, 1795, Paris

78

Stephen Hopkins

Signer of Declaration of Independence (1707-1785)

*March 7th, 1707, Providence †July 13th, 1785, Providence

80

Charles Wesley

English Methodist and hymn writer (1707-1788)

*December 18th, 1707, Epworth †March 29th, 1788, London

74

John Pringle

Scottish physician

*April 10th, 1707, Roxburghshire †January 18th, 1782, London

60

Johann Julius Hecker

German educator

*December 2nd, 1707, Werden †June 24th, 1768, Berlin

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

33

Johann Amman

Swiss-Russian botanist (1707-1741)

*December 22nd, 1707, Schaffhausen †December 4th, 1741, Saint Petersburg

47

Henry Fielding

English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)

*April 22nd, 1707, Sharpham †October 8th, 1754, Lisbon

70

Friedrich Grimm

German theologian

*March 11th, 1707, Hanau †March 20th, 1777, Steinau an der Straße

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

70

Wytze Foppes Dongjuma

Dutch mathematician

*September 16th, 1707, Dongjum †August 2nd, 1778, Leeuwarden

33

Johann Friedrich Grael

German architect (1707-1740)

*January 9th, 1707, Neuhardenberg †September 27th, 1740, Bayreuth

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

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