February 28th, 1735

Born on February 28th, 1735

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Same year
Born in 1735

90

John Adams

President of the United States from 1797 to 1801

*October 30th, 1735, Braintree †July 4th, 1826, Quincy

46

Johann Christian Bach

German composer (1735–1782)

*September 5th, 1735, Leipzig †January 1st, 1782, London

61

Juliane Charlotte Friederike Grimm

(1735-1796)

*August 3rd, 1735, Hanau †December 18th, 1796, Steinau an der Straße

83

Paul Revere

American silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution

*January 1st, 1735, Boston †May 10th, 1818, Boston

85

François Christophe de Kellermann

French soldier (1735-1820)

*May 28th, 1735, Strasbourg †September 23rd, 1820, Paris

65

Carl Christoph von Hoffmann

German Geheimrat (1735-1801)

*August 6th, 1735, Powidzko †January 9th, 1801, Berlin

69

Franziskus Herzan von Harras

Czech cardinal

*April 5th, 1735, Prague †June 1st, 1804, Vienna

56

George Plater

American politician (1735-1792)

*November 8th, 1735, Sotterley †February 10th, 1792, Annapolis

52

Anton Schweitzer

German composer (1735-1787)

*June 6th, 1735, Coburg †November 23rd, 1787, Gotha

71

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond

British politician and army officer (1735-1806)

*February 22nd, 1735, London †December 29th, 1806, Goodwood House

57

Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

German composer

*February 25th, 1735, Grossenbehringen †December 1st, 1792, Weimar

84

Ursula Wolf-Zellweger

Schweizer Mäzenin (1735-1820)

*July 20th, 1735, Lyon †May 11th, 1820, Trogen

56

Isaac Low

American politician (1735-1791)

*April 13th, 1735, Piscataway †July 25th, 1791, Isle of Wight

68

Christoph Andreae

German entrepreneur

*September 8th, 1735, Mülheim †August 3rd, 1804, Mülheim

79

Blasius Hueber

(1735-1814)

*February 1st, 1735, Tyrol †April 4th, 1814, Inzing

79

Jean Pierre Erman

German historian

*March 1st, 1735, Berlin †August 11th, 1814, Berlin

63

Caspar Frederik Harsdorff

Danish architect (1735-1799)

*May 26th, 1735, Copenhagen †May 24th, 1799, Copenhagen

47

Princess Maria Christina of Saxony

Princess of Saxony and an Abbess

*February 12th, 1735, Warsaw †November 19th, 1782, Château de Brumath

69

Jacob Baden

Danish linguist

*May 4th, 1735, Vordingborg †July 5th, 1804, Copenhagen

55

Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

German princess (1735-1791)

*June 24th, 1735, Coburg †February 18th, 1791, Unterschwaningen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1735 is a normal year and no leap year.

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