February 28th, 1722

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Born on February 28th, 1722 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1722)

Born on February 28th, 1722

Weekday

Saturday

February 28th, 1722 was a Saturday.

Age

302

People born on February 28th, 1722 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 302 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1722 - March 20th, 1722

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 571 days, exactly on January 25th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1722 will be 111,000 days old!

110,429 Days

15,775 Weeks

3,628 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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?

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

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

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

Linus Pauling

American scientist

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

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

René Just Haüy

French mineralogist

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

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Brooklyn †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

*February 28th, 1923, Highland Falls †December 24th, 2012, New York City

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

*February 28th, 1925, Berlin †March 3rd, 2018, Berlin

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

*February 28th, 1932, Burnaby †April 3rd, 2016, Toronto

Tommy Tune

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

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

Quinn Shephard

American actress, guionist and directress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

Antoine de Léris

Theatre and Music critic (1723-1795)

*February 28th, 1723, Mont-Louis †October 3rd, 1795, Dannemois

Steven Chu

American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

Same year
Born in 1722

Flora MacDonald

British patriot (1722-1790)

*January 1st, 1722, Milton †March 4th, 1790, Isle of Skye

Christopher Smart

English poet, hymnwriter, editor

*April 11th, 1722, Shipbourne †May 21st, 1771, London

Thomas Jenkins

British dealer in antiquities (1722-1798)

*December 21st, 1722, East Devon †May 15th, 1798, Yarmouth

Johann Christian Brand

Austrian painter and engraver (1722-1795)

*March 6th, 1722, Vienna †June 12th, 1795, Vienna

Pietro Nardini

Italian composer and violinist

*April 12th, 1722, Livorno †May 7th, 1793, Florence

Jacob Reinbold Spielmann

French chemist and pharmacist

*March 31st, 1722, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1783, Strasbourg

Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff

German geheimrat and writer (1722-1792)

*December 3rd, 1722, Riga †June 24th, 1792, Saint Petersburg

John Pitcairn

British Marine officer during the American Revolutionary War

*December 28th, 1722, Fife †June 17th, 1775, Boston

Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana

Catholic cardinal (1722-1804)

*September 22nd, 1722, León †April 14th, 1804, Rome

Charles Yorke

British politician and Lord Chancellor; (1722-1770)

*December 30th, 1722, London †January 20th, 1770, London

Jean-Pierre de Bougainville

French philologist (1722-1763)

*December 1st, 1722, Paris †June 22nd, 1763, Loches

Samuel Adams

American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803)

*September 27th, 1722, Boston †October 2nd, 1803, Boston

Regina Mingotti

Italian singer and opera singer

*February 6th, 1722, Naples †October 1st, 1808, Neuburg an der Donau

Gerhard Schøning

Norwegian historian

*May 2nd, 1722, Lofoten †July 18th, 1780, Copenhagen

John Home

Scottish playwright and Presbyterian minister; (1722-1808)

*September 22nd, 1722, Leith †September 4th, 1808

Georg Benda

Czech composer

*June 30th, 1722, Benátky nad Jizerou †November 6th, 1795, Bad Köstritz

Edmund Nelson

English Anglican priest; father of Horatio Nelson

*March 19th, 1722, Cambridge †April 26th, 1802, Bath

Johann Paul Reinhard

*December 17th, 1722, Hildburghausen †January 1st, 1779

Hryhorii Skovoroda

Ukrainian philosopher (1722–1794)

*November 22nd, 1722, Chornukhy †November 9th, 1794, Skovorodynivka

Friedrich Christian I, Elector of Saxony

Elector of Saxony (1722-1763)

*September 5th, 1722, Dresden †December 17th, 1763, Dresden

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.II.MDCCXXII

28.2.1722

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1722 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1722

February 1722

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

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February 28th, 1722

Born on February 28th, 1722

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

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

110,429 Days

15,775 Weeks

3,628 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 28th?

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history.

Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy.

During a period of religious violence in Gujarat, India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and in Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths.

A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.

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.

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine people.

A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.

The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.

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.

Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was murdered in his office by unknown assailants two days after having been reelected.

Nationalist soldiers fired on protesters in Taipei (crowd pictured), triggering widespread uprisings and violent suppression in the White Terror.

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.

In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.

The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.

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

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 28th

February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland)

National Science Day (India)

Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.2.1722

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