February 28th, 1746

Born on February 28th, 1746

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 1746

72

Gaspard Monge

French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)

*May 9th, 1746, Beaune †July 28th, 1818, Paris

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

*January 12th, 1746, Zürich †February 17th, 1827, Brugg

61

Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis

French lawyer (1746-1807)

*April 1st, 1746, Le Beausset †August 25th, 1807, Paris

91

Michele Arditi

Italian lawyer and academic

*September 12th, 1746, Presicce †April 23rd, 1838, Naples

47

William Jones

Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India (1746-1794)

*September 28th, 1746, Westminster †April 27th, 1794, Kolkata

58

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria

Austrian archduchess

*February 26th, 1746, Vienna †June 18th, 1804, Prague

87

Egbert Benson

American politician (1746-1833)

*June 21st, 1746, New York City †August 24th, 1833, Jamaica

54

James Brice

American politician (1746-1801)

*August 26th, 1746, Annapolis †July 11th, 1801, Annapolis

75

Franz Anton von Zauner

Austrian sculptor (1746-1822)

*July 5th, 1746, Falpetan †March 3rd, 1822, Vienna

66

Theodore Sedgwick

American politician (1746–1813)

*May 9th, 1746, West Hartford †January 24th, 1813, Boston

52

Carl Gottlieb Svarez

German jurist (1746-1798)

*February 27th, 1746, Świdnica †May 14th, 1798, Berlin

53

Luis Paret y Alcázar

Spanish artist (1746-1799)

*February 11th, 1746, Madrid †February 14th, 1799, Madrid

70

Jean-Sifrein Maury

Catholic cardinal (1746-1817)

*June 26th, 1746, Valréas †May 10th, 1817, Rome

85

Nicolas Ponce

French writer, draughtsperson and engraver (1746-1831)

*March 12th, 1746, Paris †March 27th, 1831, Paris

57

Uno von Troil

Swedish archbishop (1746-1803)

*February 24th, 1746, Stockholm †July 27th, 1803, Sätra brunn

77

Jean-Nicolas Pache

French politician (1746-1823)

*May 5th, 1746, Verdun †November 18th, 1823, Thin-le-Moutier

45

Tiradentes

Political activist for Brazilian independence (1746-1792)

*November 12th, 1746, Minas Gerais †April 21st, 1792, Rio de Janeiro

72

Ernst Ludwig Gerber

German composer (1746-1819)

*September 29th, 1746, Sondershausen †June 30th, 1819, Sondershausen

80

James Hook

British composer

*June 3rd, 1746, Norwich †January 1st, 1827, Boulogne-sur-Mer

58

Bernt Anker

Norwegian merchant and ship-owner

*November 22nd, 1746, Christiania †April 21st, 1805, Christiania

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1746 is a normal year and no leap year.

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