February 28th, 1774

Born on February 28th, 1774

Weekday

Monday

February 28th, 1774 was a Monday.

Age

252

People born on February 28th, 1774 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 252 years old this year (2026).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1774 - March 20th, 1774

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 92,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 837 days, exactly on October 14th, 2028, people who were born on February 28th, 1774 will be 93,000 days old!

92,163 Days

13,166 Weeks

3,028 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

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 1774

Robert Southey

English romantic poet (1774–1843)

*August 12th, 1774, Bristol †March 21st, 1843, Keswick

Francis Beaufort

Irish hydrographer and naval officer (1774-1857)

*May 27th, 1774, Navan †December 17th, 1857, Hove

Tadeusz Tyszkiewicz

*September 6th, 1774, Belvederis †April 3rd, 1852, Paris

Meriwether Lewis

American explorer (1774-1809)

*August 18th, 1774, Albemarle County †October 11th, 1809, Hickman County

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

British and Hanoverian Royal (1774-1850), Duke of Cambridge from 1786

*February 24th, 1774, Buckingham Palace †July 8th, 1850, Cambridge House

William Farquhar

British colonial administrator

*February 26th, 1774, Aberdeenshire †May 11th, 1839, Perth

Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg

German historian

*November 4th, 1774, Dresden †August 9th, 1860, Constance

Antoine Drouot

French general (1774-1847)

*January 11th, 1774, Nancy †March 24th, 1847, Nancy

Johann Christian August Clarus

German surgeon

*November 5th, 1774, Coburg †July 13th, 1854, Leipzig

Antonio Basoli

Italian painter (1774-1848)

*April 18th, 1774, Castel Guelfo di Bologna †May 30th, 1848, Bologna

Thomas Veazey

American politician (1774-1842)

*January 31st, 1774, Cecil County †July 1st, 1842, Cecil County

Johann Heinrich Bernhard Dräseke

German theologian

*January 18th, 1774, Brunswick †December 8th, 1849, Potsdam

Friedrich Starke

German composer and hornist (1774-1835)

*March 29th, 1774, Elsterwerda †December 18th, 1835, Döbling

Robert William Elliston

British actor (1774-1831)

*April 7th, 1774, London †July 7th, 1831, London

Manuel de Sarratea

Argentine politician (1774-1849)

*August 11th, 1774, Buenos Aires †September 21st, 1849, Limoges

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin

French painter (1774–1833)

*March 13th, 1774, Paris †July 6th, 1833, Rome

Juan Aldama

Mexican revolutionary rebel soldier

*January 3rd, 1774, San Miguel de Allende †June 26th, 1811, Chihuahua City

Ignaz Maria Attems

Austrian politician (1774-1861)

*February 24th, 1774, Graz †December 17th, 1861, Graz

Salomon Mayer von Rothschild

Austrian banker and businessman (1774-1855)

*September 9th, 1774, Frankfurt †July 28th, 1855, Paris

François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo

French general (1774-1838)

*June 24th, 1774, Lunéville †June 25th, 1838, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.II.MDCCLXXIV

28.2.1774

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1774 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1774

February 1774

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5		1	2	3	4	5	6
6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
7	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
8	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
9	28

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February 28th, 1774

Born on February 28th, 1774

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 92,000 days old!

92,163 Days

13,166 Weeks

3,028 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 28th?

American test pilots Charles Bassett and Elliot See die in a plane crash in in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history.

Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy.

During a period of religious violence in Gujarat, India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and in Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths.

A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.

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.

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine people.

A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.

The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.

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.

Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was murdered in his office by unknown assailants two days after having been reelected.

Nationalist soldiers fired on protesters in Taipei (crowd pictured), triggering widespread uprisings and violent suppression in the White Terror.

In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word dord was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor.

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.

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

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 28th

February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland)

National Science Day (India)

Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)

Andalusia Day (Spain)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.2.1774

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