February 14th, 1721

On this page

Born on February 14th, 1721 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1721)

Born on February 14th, 1721

Weekday

Friday

February 14th, 1721 was a Friday.

Age

303

People born on February 14th, 1721 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 303 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1721 - February 19th, 1721

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 258 days, exactly on January 11th, 2025, people who were born on February 14th, 1721 will be 111,000 days old!

110,742 Days

15,820 Weeks

3,638 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

2008 Northern Illinois University shooting

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

February 14th, 1804

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 14th?

Peter Ahlwardt

German theologian and philosopher (1710-1791)

*February 14th, 1710, Greifswald †March 1st, 1791, Greifswald

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

Özge Bayrak

Turkish badminton player

*February 14th, 1992, Osmangazi

Same year
Born in 1721

Tobias Smollett

18th-century poet and author from Scotland

*March 19th, 1721, Cardross †September 17th, 1771, Livorno

Madame de Pompadour

Chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)

*December 29th, 1721, Paris †April 15th, 1764, Versailles

Jean-Philippe Baratier

German scholar (1721-1740)

*January 19th, 1721, Schwabach †October 5th, 1740, Halle (Saale)

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes

French statesman (1721-1794)

*December 6th, 1721, Paris †April 22nd, 1794, Paris

Roger Sherman

Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States (1721-1793)

*April 19th, 1721, Newton †July 23rd, 1793, New Haven

John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767)

*January 8th, 1721, Rudolstadt †July 10th, 1767, Rudolstadt

Mark Akenside

English poet and physician

*November 9th, 1721, Newcastle upon Tyne †June 23rd, 1770, London

Domenico Corvi

Italian painter (1721-1803)

*September 16th, 1721, Viterbo †July 22nd, 1803, Rome

Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid

German politician (1721-1798)

*December 12th, 1721, Kahren †December 30th, 1798, Dresden

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

German general

*February 3rd, 1721, Kalkar †August 27th, 1773, Oława

Franz Anton Knittel

German theologian

*April 3rd, 1721, Salzdahlum †December 10th, 1792, Wolfenbüttel

Johann Samuel Diterich

German Archdeacon and parson (1721-1797)

*January 1st, 1721, Berlin †January 1st, 1797, Berlin

Eliphalet Dyer

American judge and politician

*September 14th, 1721, Windham †May 13th, 1807, Windham

James Elphinston

British linguist

*December 6th, 1721, Edinburgh †October 8th, 1809

Friedrich Samuel Zickler

*November 14th, 1721, Rödigsdorf †April 23rd, 1779, Jena

Robert Strange

Scottish engraver

*July 14th, 1721, Kirkwall †July 5th, 1792, London

Bernardo Bellotto

Italian artist

*January 30th, 1721, Venice †November 17th, 1780, Warsaw

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

British politician (1721-1803)

*August 4th, 1721, Swynnerton †October 26th, 1803, Trentham Gardens

Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

German professor of botany and chemistry (1721-1768)

*August 19th, 1721, Tübingen †May 9th, 1768, Tübingen

Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

German noble (1721-1774)

*March 9th, 1721, Ribeauvillé †March 30th, 1774, Darmstadt

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 14th.

Valentine's Day!

Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.II.MDCCXXI

14.2.1721

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1721 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1721

February 1721

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5						1	2
6	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
7	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
8	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
9	24	25	26	27	28

Date of birth

Try another date

Your birthday is more than just a day in the calendar!

13. February 1721

January 1721

14. February 1720
14. February 1716
14. February 1711
14. February 1671
14. February 1621
14. February 1521

15. February 1721

March 1721

14. February 1722
14. February 1726
14. February 1731
14. February 1771
14. February 1821
14. February 1921

February 14th, 1721

Born on February 14th, 1721

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 110,000 days old!

110,742 Days

15,820 Weeks

3,638 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 14th?

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Same Day Who's birthday is on February 14th?

Same year Born in 1721

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 14th

Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of Europe (Roman Catholic Church)

Manchan

Valentine (see also Valentine's Day)

February 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Statehood Day (Arizona, United States)

Statehood Day (Oregon, United States)

Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Armenian Apostolic Church)

Parents' Worship Day (parts of India)

Valentine's Day!

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

14.2.1721

Legend

Leap year

Calendar February 1721

February 1721

Date of birth

Try another date

Try another date

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 14th?

Same year
Born in 1721

Calendar
February 1721