February 28th, 1763

Born on February 28th, 1763

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 1763

66

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre

Swiss-born French clarinettist (1763-1829)

*March 6th, 1763, Lausanne †November 9th, 1829, Paris

50

Joséphine de Beauharnais

Empress of the French, first wife of Napoleon (1763–1814)

*June 23rd, 1763, Les Trois-Îlets †May 29th, 1814, Rueil-Malmaison

64

Kobayashi Issa

Japanese writer (1763-1828)

*June 15th, 1763, Kashiwabara †January 5th, 1828, Kashiwabara

50

Jean Victor Marie Moreau

French General (1763–1813)

*February 14th, 1763, Morlaix †September 2nd, 1813, Louny

84

John Jacob Astor I

German-American businessman

*July 17th, 1763, Walldorf †March 29th, 1848, Manhattan

66

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

French professor of chemistry (1763-1829)

*May 16th, 1763, Saint-André-d'Hébertot †November 14th, 1829, Saint-André-d'Hébertot

31

Augustin Robespierre

French lawyer and revolutionary (1763-1794)

*January 21st, 1763, Arras †July 28th, 1794, Paris

73

Teresa Bandettini

Italian dancer, composer of extemporaneous verse, and poet

*August 11th, 1763, Lucca †April 5th, 1837, Lucca

74

Isaac Wilbour

American politician (1763-1837)

*April 25th, 1763, Little Compton †October 4th, 1837, Little Compton

81

Marco Mastrofini

Italian mathematician (1763-1845)

*April 25th, 1763, Monte Compatri †March 3rd, 1845, Rome

68

Charles Meynier

French painter

*November 24th, 1763, Paris †September 6th, 1832, Paris

88

Xavier de Maistre

French writer (1763-1852)

*October 10th, 1763, Chambéry †June 12th, 1852, Saint Petersburg

92

James Wilson

Globe maker from the United States (1763-1855)

*March 15th, 1763, Londonderry †March 26th, 1855, Bradford

24

Jean Germain Drouais

French painter (1763–1788)

*November 25th, 1763, Paris †July 15th, 1788, Rome

57

Juan Germán Roscio

Venezuelan lawyer and politician (1763-1821)

*May 27th, 1763, Parroquia San Francisco †March 10th, 1821, Villa del Rosario

71

Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

German duke (1763-1834)

*April 29th, 1763, Hildburghausen †September 29th, 1834, Hummelshain

62

Thaddäus Müller

(1763-1826)

*October 2nd, 1763, Lucerne †April 10th, 1826, Lucerne

63

François-Joseph Talma

French stage actor (1763-1826)

*January 15th, 1763, Paris †October 19th, 1826, Rue de la Tour-des-Dames

30

Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette

French politician (1763-1794)

*May 24th, 1763, Nevers †April 13th, 1794, Paris

74

Ezra Butler

American politician (1763-1838)

*September 24th, 1763, Lancaster †July 12th, 1838, Waterbury

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1763 is a normal year and no leap year.

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