February 28th, 1761

Born on February 28th, 1761

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

Born on February 28th, 1761

46

Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet

French scientist (1761-1807)

*February 28th, 1761, Montpellier †July 27th, 1807, Montpellier

38

José María alias (peto)

Venezuelan politician (1761-1799)

*February 28th, 1761, La Guaira †May 8th, 1799

Same year
Born in 1761

70

James Hoban

Irish architect

*November 30th, 1761, County Kilkenny †December 8th, 1831, Washington, D.C.

83

Marie Harel

Inventor of Camembert Cheese

*April 28th, 1761, Crouttes †November 9th, 1844, Vimoutiers

69

Pius VIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830

*November 20th, 1761, Cingoli †November 30th, 1830, Rome

46

Selim III

Ottoman sultan (1761-1808)

*December 24th, 1761, Istanbul †July 29th, 1808, Constantinople

72

William Carey

English Baptist missionary and Particular Baptist minister (1761-1834)

*August 17th, 1761, Northamptonshire †June 9th, 1834, Kolkata

57

August von Kotzebue

German dramatist and writer

*May 3rd, 1761, Weimar †March 23rd, 1819, Mannheim

43

Jean-Charles Pichegru

French general (1761-1804)

*February 16th, 1761, Les Planches-près-Arbois †April 5th, 1804, Paris

71

Gottlob Ernst Schulze

German philosopher (1761-1833)

*August 23rd, 1761, Heldrungen †January 14th, 1833, Göttingen

77

René-Pierre Choudieu

French politician (1761-1838)

*September 20th, 1761, Angers †December 9th, 1838, Paris

54

Samuel Dexter

American politician (1761–1816) who served in Congress and in Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

*May 14th, 1761, Boston †May 4th, 1816, Cambridge

38

Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal

Regent of Schaumburg-Lippe from 1787 to 1799

*June 8th, 1761, Zutphen †November 9th, 1799, Bückeburg

60

John Rennie

Engineer from Scotland (1761-1821)

*June 7th, 1761, East Lothian †October 4th, 1821, London

45

Sophie Mereau

German writer, editor

*March 27th, 1761, Altenburg †October 31st, 1806, Heidelberg

63

Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck

Dutch ambassador and Grand pensionary of Holland (1761-1825)

*October 31st, 1761, Deventer †February 15th, 1825, Amsterdam

74

Friedrich Vieweg

German publisher (1761-1835)

*March 11th, 1761, Halle (Saale) †December 25th, 1835, Brunswick

68

Diego Muñoz Torrero

Spanish politician (1761-1829)

*January 21st, 1761, Cabeza del Buey †March 16th, 1829, Oeiras e São Julião da Barra

51

Jan Willem de Winter

Dutch admiral (1761–1812)

*March 23rd, 1761, Kampen †June 2nd, 1812, Paris

57

Marie-Gabrielle Capet

French painter (1761-1818)

*September 6th, 1761, Lyon †November 1st, 1818, Paris

60

Dorothea von Medem

Baltic noble

*February 3rd, 1761, Mežotne †August 20th, 1821, Löbichau

67

Nicolas Frochot

French politician

*March 20th, 1761, Dijon †July 29th, 1828, Rouvres-sur-Aube

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1761 is a normal year and no leap year.

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