February 28th, 1709

Born on February 28th, 1709

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 883 days, exactly on October 4th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1709 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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 28th?

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

65

Johann Christian Senckenberg

German doctor

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

93

Linus Pauling

American scientist

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

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

47

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

French soldier

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

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

56

Louis Godin

French astronomer

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

79

René Just Haüy

French mineralogist

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

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

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Born in 1709

75

Samuel Johnson

English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

*September 18th, 1709, Lichfield †December 13th, 1784, London

73

Jacques de Vaucanson

French inventor of mechanical automata

*February 24th, 1709, Grenoble †November 21st, 1782, Paris

76

Jacob von Staehlin

German librarian

*May 9th, 1709, Memmingen †June 25th, 1785, Saint Petersburg

41

Julien Offray de La Mettrie

French physician and philosopher

*December 12th, 1709, Saint-Malo †November 11th, 1751, Potsdam

52

Elizabeth I of Russia

Empress of Russia (1741–1762)

*December 29th, 1709, Kolomenskoye †January 5th, 1762, Saint Petersburg

76

Jan de Witte

Polish architect

*January 1st, 1709, Poltava †December 24th, 1785, Kamianets-Podilskyi

67

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset

French poet (1709-1777)

*August 29th, 1709, Amiens †June 16th, 1777, Amiens

64

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

British politician

*January 17th, 1709, Hagley †August 24th, 1773, Hagley

71

Christian Ernst Friederici

Organ builder (1709-1780)

*March 7th, 1709, Meerane †May 4th, 1780, Gera

73

Andreas Sigismund Marggraf

German chemist (1709-1782)

*March 3rd, 1709, Berlin †August 7th, 1782, Berlin

82

Frobenius Forster

Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey St. Emmeram, Regensburg

*August 30th, 1709, Königsfeld (Wolnzach) †October 1st, 1791, Regensburg

32

Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans

Queen consort of Spain (1709-1742)

*December 9th, 1709, Paris †June 16th, 1742, Paris

79

Franz Xaver Richter

Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician

*December 1st, 1709, Holešov †September 12th, 1789, Strasbourg

79

John Cleland

British writer (1709-1789)

*September 24th, 1709, Kingston upon Thames †January 23rd, 1789, City of Westminster

45

Johann Georg Gmelin

German scientist (1709-1755)

*August 10th, 1709, Tübingen †May 20th, 1755, Tübingen

61

Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz

Dutch organ builder

*January 1st, 1709, Frankenroda †December 13th, 1770, Utrecht

67

John Bird

British mathematical instrument maker

*January 1st, 1709, County Durham †March 31st, 1776, Greater London

63

Jan Wagenaar

Historian from the Northern Netherlands, 1709–1773

*October 25th, 1709, Amsterdam †March 1st, 1773, Amsterdam

60

Gottfried Heinsius

German astronomer (1709-1769)

*April 27th, 1709, Naumburg †May 21st, 1769, Leipzig

74

Charles Collé

French writer

*April 14th, 1709, Paris †November 3rd, 1783, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1709 is a normal year and no leap year.

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