February 21st, 1777

Born on February 21st, 1777

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 1777

77

Carl Friedrich Gauss

German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)

*April 30th, 1777, Brunswick †February 23rd, 1855, Göttingen

73

Hans Christian Ørsted

Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)

*August 14th, 1777, Rudkøbing †March 9th, 1851, Copenhagen

47

Alexander I of Russia

The tenth Emperor of Russia (1801–1825)

*December 12th, 1777, Saint Petersburg †November 19th, 1825, Taganrog

79

John Ross

Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

*June 24th, 1777, Stranraer †August 30th, 1856, London

58

Nathan Mayer Rothschild

German-born British financier (1777–1836)

*September 16th, 1777, Frankfurt †July 28th, 1836, Frankfurt

76

August Kestner

German diplomat and collector of art

*January 1st, 1777, Hanover †January 1st, 1853, Rome

72

Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville

French zoologist and anatomist (1777-1850)

*September 12th, 1777, Arques-la-Bataille †May 1st, 1850, Paris

75

Henry Clay

American politician from Kentucky (1777-1852)

*April 12th, 1777, Hanover County †June 29th, 1852, Washington, D.C.

83

Désirée Clary

Queen of Sweden and Norway as the consort of Charles XIV John

*November 8th, 1777, Marseille †December 17th, 1860, Stockholm

43

Elisa Bonaparte

French princess (1777-1820)

*January 3rd, 1777, Ajaccio †August 6th, 1820, Villa Vicentina

53

Francis I of the Two Sicilies

King of the Two Sicilies (1777-1830)

*August 14th, 1777, Naples †November 8th, 1830, Naples

80

Louis Jacques Thénard

French chemist (1777-1857)

*May 4th, 1777, La Louptière-Thénard †June 21st, 1857, Paris

64

Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate

Provisional president of Chile (1777-1841)

*June 1st, 1777, Santiago †August 16th, 1841, Santiago

41

János Fusz

Hungarian musician

*December 16th, 1777, Tolna †March 9th, 1819, Buda

83

Louis Hersent

French painter (1777-1860)

*March 10th, 1777, Paris †October 2nd, 1860, Paris

81

Johann Heinrich Kopp

German naturalist

*September 17th, 1777, Hanau †November 28th, 1858, Hanau

78

Mary Reibey

Australian businesswoman

*May 12th, 1777, Bury †May 30th, 1855, Newtown

81

Nathaniel Claiborne

American politician (1777-1859)

*November 14th, 1777, Chesterfield Court House †August 15th, 1859, Rocky Mount

83

Heinrich Rudolf Schinz

Swiss zoologist (1777–1861)

*March 30th, 1777, Zürich †March 8th, 1861, Zürich

52

José Félix Bogado

Argentinian military personnel

*November 7th, 1777, San Juan Nepomuceno †November 21st, 1829, San Nicolás de los Arroyos

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1777 is a normal year and no leap year.

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