February 21st, 1771

Born on February 21st, 1771

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 21st?

February 21st, 1973

After accidentally straying into the airspace of the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two Israeli fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.

February 21st, 1952

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

February 21st, 1929

Nanjing decade: In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.

February 21st, 1919

Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.

February 21st, 1878

The first telephone directory, consisting of a single page, was issued to fifty subscribers in New Haven, Connecticut.

February 21st, 1866

Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college.

February 21st, 1862

American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.

February 21st, 1828

The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.

February 21st, 1746

Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.

February 21st, 1437

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

February 21st, 2022

In the prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

February 21st, 2013

At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

February 21st, 1995

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

February 21st, 1994

Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.

February 21st, 1975

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 21st

Same year
Born in 1771

34

Mungo Park

Scottish naturalist and explorer of the African continent

*September 11th, 1771, Scotland †January 1st, 1806, Bussa

61

Walter Scott

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)

*August 15th, 1771, Edinburgh †September 21st, 1832, Abbotsford House

44

Paul Ludwig Simon

German architect and scientist (1771-1815)

*January 12th, 1771, Berlin †February 14th, 1815, Berlin

80

Charles Athanase Walckenaer

French civil servant and scientist (1771-1852)

*December 25th, 1771, Paris †April 26th, 1852, Paris

87

Robert Owen

British textile manufacturer and social reformer, 1771–1858

*May 14th, 1771, Newtown †November 17th, 1858, Newtown

80

Jeremiah Morrow

American politician (1771-1852)

*October 6th, 1771, Gettysburg †March 22nd, 1852, Lebanon

82

James Montgomery

British poet and writer (1771–1854)

*November 4th, 1771, Irvine †April 30th, 1854, Sheffield

34

Thomas Wedgwood

British photographic experimentor

*May 14th, 1771, Staffordshire †July 10th, 1805, Dorset

80

Ernst August II of Hanover

King of Hanover from 1837 to 1851

*June 5th, 1771, Buckingham Palace †November 18th, 1851, Hanover

39

Charles Brockden Brown

American novelist, historian and editor (1771-1810)

*January 17th, 1771, Philadelphia †February 22nd, 1810, Philadelphia

69

Emperor Kōkaku

Emperor of Japan from 1780 to 1817

*September 23rd, 1771, Kyoto †December 11th, 1840, Kyoto

62

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar

Second Qajar shah of Iran (1797–1834).

*November 30th, 1771, Damghan †October 23rd, 1834, Isfahan

30

Xavier Bichat

French anatomist and pathologist (1771–1802)

*November 14th, 1771, Thoirette †July 22nd, 1802, Paris

62

Alois Senefelder

German actor and inventor of lithography

*November 6th, 1771, Prague †February 26th, 1834, Munich

84

Ambros Rieder

(1771-1855)

*October 10th, 1771, Döbling †November 19th, 1855, Perchtoldsdorf

73

Julie Clary

Queen consort of Naples and Spain (1771-1845)

*December 26th, 1771, Marseille †April 7th, 1845, Florence

63

Éleuthère Irénée du Pont

French-American chemist

*June 24th, 1771, Paris †October 31st, 1834, Greenville

71

José Canga-Argüelles

Spanish statesman (1771-1842)

*July 11th, 1771, Oviedo †December 2nd, 1842, Oviedo

81

Sewrin

French chansonnier, playwright and librettist (1771-1853)

*October 9th, 1771, Metz †April 22nd, 1853, Paris

48

Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk

Scottish Earl

*June 20th, 1771, Dumfries and Galloway †April 8th, 1820, Pau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1771 is a normal year and no leap year.

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