February 23rd, 1738

Born on February 23rd, 1738

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 105,000 days old!

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What happened on February 23rd?

February 23rd, 2017

Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.

February 23rd, 2008

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the most expensive crash in U.S. Air Force history.

February 23rd, 1987

SN 1987A, the first supernova that modern astronomers were able to study in great detail, was observed from Earth occurring in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

February 23rd, 1971

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

February 23rd, 1945

American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

February 23rd, 1943

35 children and 1 adult employee were killed in a fire at an orphanage in the town of Cavan, Ireland.

February 23rd, 1941

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.

February 23rd, 1886

American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium.

February 23rd, 1847

Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo.

February 23rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania as a volunteer for the Continental Army.

February 23rd, 1739

The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial.

February 23rd, 1725

Johann Sebastian Bach premiered his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured).

February 23rd, 1725

J. S. Bach leads his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

February 23rd, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

February 23rd, 2019

Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 23rd

Same year
Born in 1738

83

William Herschel

German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)

*November 15th, 1738, Hanover †August 15th, 1822, Slough

81

George III of Great Britain

King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820

*May 24th, 1738, Norfolk House †January 29th, 1820, Windsor Castle

56

Cesare Beccaria

Jurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794)

*March 15th, 1738, Milan †November 20th, 1794, Milan

43

Túpac Amaru II

Leader of a large Andean uprising against the Spanish in Peru (1738-1781)

*March 10th, 1738, Tinta †May 18th, 1781, Cusco

77

John Singleton Copley

American painter (1738-1815)

*July 3rd, 1738, Boston †September 9th, 1815, London

77

Gottlieb Christoph Harless

German classical scholar

*June 21st, 1738, Kulmbach †November 2nd, 1815, Erlangen

27

Thomas Abbt

German philosopher, mathematician and writer (1738-1766)

*November 25th, 1738, Ulm †November 3rd, 1766, Bückeburg

77

Paul-Gabriel Le Preux

French physician

*November 30th, 1738, Paris †May 19th, 1816, Paris

66

Betje Wolff

Dutch writer

*July 24th, 1738, Vlissingen †November 5th, 1804, The Hague

84

Jonathan Hunt

American politician

*September 12th, 1738, Northampton †June 1st, 1823, Vernon

85

Joachim Nettelbeck

German writer (1738-1824)

*September 20th, 1738, Kołobrzeg †January 29th, 1824, Kołobrzeg

78

Bonaventura Furlanetto

Italian composer (1738-1817)

*May 27th, 1738, Venice †April 6th, 1817, Venice

54

Leopold Hofmann

Austrian composer

*August 14th, 1738, Vienna †March 17th, 1793, Vienna

78

Fryderyk Józef Moszyński

Polish noble and general

*March 14th, 1738, Dresden †January 21st, 1817, Kyiv

79

Tristram Dalton

American politician (1738-1817)

*May 28th, 1738, Newburyport †May 30th, 1817, Boston

65

Ernst Gottfried Baldinger

Physician (1738-1804)

*May 13th, 1738, Großvargula †January 21st, 1804, Marburg

77

Friedrich August I, Duke of Nassau

Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1803-1806), Duke of Nassau (1806-1816)

*April 23rd, 1738, Usingen †March 24th, 1816, Biebrich

65

Jacques Gamelin

French painter (1738-1803)

*October 3rd, 1738, Carcassonne †October 12th, 1803, Carcassonne

58

Nathaniel Gorham

American businessman and politician 1738-1796

*May 27th, 1738, Charlestown †June 11th, 1796, Charlestown

51

Ethan Allen

American general, writer and philosopher (1738–1789)

*January 21st, 1738, Litchfield †February 12th, 1789, Burlington

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Public holidays on February 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics) which are celebrated on February 23rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1738 is a normal year and no leap year.

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