February 23rd, 1756

Born on February 23rd, 1756

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 98,000 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 1756

35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)

*January 27th, 1756, Salzburg †December 5th, 1791, Vienna

58

Angelica Schuyler Church

American socialite (1756–1814)

*February 20th, 1756, Albany †March 6th, 1814, New York City

80

Aaron Burr

Vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived (1756–1836)

*February 6th, 1756, Newark †September 14th, 1836, Port Richmond

80

William Godwin

English journalist, political philosopher and novelist

*March 3rd, 1756, Wisbech †April 7th, 1836, London

68

Bernard Germain de Lacépède

French naturalist (1756-1825)

*December 26th, 1756, Agen †October 6th, 1825, Épinay-sur-Seine

76

Jean-Antoine Chaptal

French chemist and physician (1756–1832)

*June 4th, 1756, Badaroux †July 29th, 1832, Paris

78

Konrad Mannert

German historian and geographer

*April 17th, 1756, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †September 27th, 1834, Munich

74

Louis Henri, Prince of Condé

French prince (1756-1830)

*April 13th, 1756, Paris †August 30th, 1830, Château de Saint-Leu

67

Mathias von Flurl

German mineralogist (1756-1823)

*February 5th, 1756, Straubing †July 27th, 1823, Bad Kissingen

31

Maria Pellegrina Amoretti

Italian lawyer (1756-1787)

*May 12th, 1756, Oneglia †November 12th, 1787, Oneglia

74

Christian Gottfried Körner

German writer (1756-1831)

*July 2nd, 1756, Leipzig †May 13th, 1831, Berlin

76

James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier

Admiral of the Royal Navy and Governor of Newfoundland (1756–1833)

*October 13th, 1756, New Providence †April 19th, 1833, Iver

89

Christian Frederik Hansen

Danish architect

*February 29th, 1756, Copenhagen †July 10th, 1845, Copenhagen

38

Antoine-François Momoro

Publisher during the French Revolution

*January 1st, 1756, Besançon †March 24th, 1794, Paris

80

Maria Fitzherbert

Mistress of British king (1756-1837)

*July 26th, 1756, Tong †March 27th, 1837, Brighton

57

Carl Englerth

German politician (1756-1814)

*September 2nd, 1756, Jülich †August 25th, 1814, Eschweiler

37

François Chabot

French politician (1756-1794)

*October 23rd, 1756, Saint-Geniez-d'Olt †April 5th, 1794, Paris

87

John Trumbull

American artist (1756–1843)

*June 6th, 1756, Lebanon †November 10th, 1843, New York City

36

Joseph Martin Kraus

German composer (1756-1792)

*June 20th, 1756, Miltenberg †December 15th, 1792, Stockholm

64

William Richardson Davie

American lawyer and politician (1756-1820)

*June 20th, 1756, Cumberland †November 29th, 1820, South Carolina

Birthdays of famous people

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

Yes: 1756 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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