February 28th, 1755

Born on February 28th, 1755

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 1755

37

Marie Antoinette

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

*November 2nd, 1755, Hofburg Palace †October 16th, 1793, place de la Concorde

58

Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Rochambeau

French soldier

*April 7th, 1755, Paris †September 20th, 1813, Leipzig

68

Louis XVIII of France

Bourbon King of France and of Navarre (1755-1824)

*November 17th, 1755, Palace of Versailles †September 16th, 1824, Tuileries Palace

88

Samuel Hahnemann

German physician known for creating homeopathy

*April 10th, 1755, Meissen †July 2nd, 1843, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

75

Sarah Siddons

Welsh actress (1755-1831)

*July 5th, 1755, Brecon †June 8th, 1831, London

62

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski

Polish general (1755–1818)

*August 2nd, 1755, Pierzchów †June 6th, 1818, Winna Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship

39

Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian

French writer

*March 6th, 1755, Sauve †September 13th, 1794, Sceaux

70

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

French lawyer, politician and writer (1755-1826)

*April 1st, 1755, Hôtel Brillat-Savarin †February 2nd, 1826, rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas

64

François Joseph Lefebvre

Marshal of France (1755-1820)

*October 25th, 1755, Rouffach †September 14th, 1820, Paris

38

Georges Couthon

French politician and lawyer (1755–1794)

*December 22nd, 1755, Orcet †July 28th, 1794, Paris

55

Michel Ordener

General of division and commander in Napoleon's elite Imperial Guard (1755-1811)

*September 2nd, 1755, L'Hôpital †August 30th, 1811, Compiègne

55

Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt

Member of the House of Thurn and Taxis (1755-1810)

*January 16th, 1755, Regensburg †December 20th, 1810, Prague

61

Dorothea Viehmann

German writer

*November 8th, 1755, Rengershausen †November 17th, 1816, Kassel

50

Brigida Banti

Italian opera singer (1755-1806)

*May 1st, 1755, Monticelli d'Ongina †February 18th, 1806, Bologna

83

Jean-Baptiste Huzard

French veterinarian (1755-1838)

*November 3rd, 1755, Paris †December 1st, 1838, Paris

89

Marie Arago

French housewife

*November 3rd, 1755, Corneilla-la-Rivière †September 5th, 1845, Estagel

94

Quatremère de Quincy

French archaeologist, architect and writer (1755–1849)

*October 28th, 1755, Paris †December 28th, 1849, Paris

39

Ignác Martinovics

Hungarian political activist

*July 22nd, 1755, Pest †May 20th, 1795, Buda

86

Bernhard Christoph Faust

German physician (1755-1842)

*May 23rd, 1755, Rotenburg an der Fulda †January 25th, 1842, Bückeburg

53

Benjamin Bourne

American politician (1755-1808)

*September 9th, 1755, Bristol †September 17th, 1808, Bristol

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1755 is a normal year and no leap year.

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