February 28th, 1714

Born on February 28th, 1714

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 114,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 897 days, exactly on January 7th, 2029, people who were born on February 28th, 1714 will be 115,000 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, 1714

47

Gioacchino Conti

Italian opera singer (1714-1761)

*February 28th, 1714, Arpino †October 25th, 1761, Rome

Same year
Born in 1714

71

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

French sculptor (1714-1785)

*January 26th, 1714, Rueil-Malmaison †August 20th, 1785, Paris

73

Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Opera composer (1714–1787)

*July 2nd, 1714, Erasbach †November 15th, 1787, Vienna

74

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

German composer (1714–1788)

*March 8th, 1714, Weimar †December 14th, 1788, Hamburg

72

Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch

German botanist (1714–1786)

*February 5th, 1714, Leipzig †October 5th, 1786, Berlin

73

Johan Daniel Berlin

Norwegian composer and organist (1714-1787)

*May 12th, 1714, Klaipėda †November 4th, 1787, Trondheim

88

Christoph Anton Migazzi

Catholic bishop (1714-1803)

*October 14th, 1714, Trento †April 14th, 1803, Vienna

74

Virgilius Augustin Maria von Firmian

Austrian bishop

*February 16th, 1714, Trento †August 4th, 1788, Passau

38

Friedrich Christian Glume

German sculptor (1714-1752)

*March 25th, 1714, Berlin †April 6th, 1752, Berlin

75

Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre

French painter, draughtsman and administrator (1714-1789)

*March 6th, 1714, Paris †May 15th, 1789, Paris

63

Sebastian Sailer

Premonstratensian preacher and writer

*February 12th, 1714, Weißenhorn †March 7th, 1777, Obermarchtal

78

Princess Marie Victoire d'Arenberg

Belgian noble (1714-1793)

*October 26th, 1714, Brussels †April 13th, 1793, Strasbourg

45

Alaungpaya

King of Burma

*September 24th, 1714, Shwebo †May 11th, 1760, Mottama

83

Anton Raaff

German opera tenor

*May 6th, 1714, Gelsdorf †May 28th, 1797, Munich

84

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo

Scottish judge, scholar of language evolution and philosopher

*October 25th, 1714, Kincardineshire †May 26th, 1799, Edinburgh

73

Johann Georg Dominicus von Linprun

German scientist (1714-1787)

*January 10th, 1714, Viechtach †June 14th, 1787, Munich

85

Adam Stanisław Krasiński

Polish bishop

*April 4th, 1714, Kraków †January 1st, 1800, Krasne, Masovian Voivodeship

60

Anna Morandi Manzolini

Italian artist (1714-1774)

*January 21st, 1714, Bologna †July 9th, 1774, Bologna

71

Georg Ernst von Holtzendorff

German officer (1714-1785)

*February 14th, 1714, Calbe †December 10th, 1785, Berlin

70

César-François Cassini de Thury

French cartographer and astronomer (1714-1784)

*June 17th, 1714, Paris †September 3rd, 1784, Paris

59

Niccolò Jommelli

Italian composer (1714–1774)

*September 10th, 1714, Aversa †August 25th, 1774, Naples

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1714 is a normal year and no leap year.

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