February 23rd, 1760

Born on February 23rd, 1760

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 97,000 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 1760

36

François-Noël Babeuf

French political agitator and journalist (1760-1797)

*November 23rd, 1760, Saint-Quentin †May 27th, 1797, Vendôme

64

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

French early socialist theorist (1760-1825)

*October 17th, 1760, Paris †May 19th, 1825, Paris

81

Luigi Cherubini

Italian Classical and Romantic composer (1760–1842)

*September 14th, 1760, Florence †March 15th, 1842, Paris

59

Jiaqing Emperor

Chinese emperor (1760-1820) of the Qing dynasty

*November 13th, 1760, Old Summer Palace †September 2nd, 1820, Chengde Mountain Resort and its outlying temples

73

Landolin Ohmacht

German sculptor

*November 11th, 1760, Dunningen †March 31st, 1834, Strasbourg

34

Alexandre de Beauharnais

French general; president of the National Constituent Assembly in 1791

*May 28th, 1760, Fort-de-France †July 23rd, 1794, Paris

82

Auguste Vestris

French dancer (1760-1842)

*March 27th, 1760, Paris †December 5th, 1842, Paris

77

Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway

Painter from Italy who lived and worked in Italy, England and France (1760-1838)

*June 11th, 1760, Florence †January 5th, 1838, Lodi

73

Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt

German chemist and pharmacist

*April 24th, 1760, Erfurt †October 22nd, 1833, Berlin

38

Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren

German chemist

*May 1st, 1760, Bernburg †November 26th, 1798, Halle (Saale)

62

Franz Bühler

German composer (1760-1823)

*April 12th, 1760, Unterschneidheim †February 4th, 1823, Augsburg

37

Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars

French naval officer

*August 31st, 1760, Saumur †August 1st, 1798, Abu Qir

65

Domenico Pino

Italian General in Napoleon’s Grande Armée

*September 8th, 1760, Milan †March 29th, 1826, Cernobbio

72

Dora Stock

German artist (1760–1832)

*March 6th, 1760, Nuremberg †March 30th, 1832, Berlin

32

Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau

French politician (1760-1793)

*May 29th, 1760, Paris †January 21st, 1793, Paris

89

Joseph Plumb Martin

American revolutionary war soldier; farmer; public official

*November 21st, 1760, Becket †May 2nd, 1850, Stockton Springs

46

Louis Léonard Antoine de Colli-Ricci

Italian general (1760-1806)

*March 23rd, 1760, Alessandria †March 31st, 1806, Alessandria

78

Amaury Duval

French lawyer, historian and diplomat (1760-1838)

*January 28th, 1760, Rennes †November 12th, 1838, Paris

40

Charles-Albert Demoustier

French writer

*March 13th, 1760, Villers-Cotterêts †March 2nd, 1801, Paris

93

Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich

German classical philologist

*September 20th, 1760, Weißensee †January 6th, 1854, Göttingen

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: 1760 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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