February 22nd, 1779

Born on February 22nd, 1779

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 90,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 650 days, exactly on April 17th, 2028, people who were born on February 22nd, 1779 will be 91,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 22nd?

February 22nd, 2019

A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid, Spain, and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.

February 22nd, 2012

A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a buffer stop at Once railway station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and more than 700 injuries.

February 22nd, 2011

Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people marched in protest in Manama against the deaths of seven people killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

February 22nd, 2006

Seven men staged the largest cash robbery in Britain at a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom.

February 22nd, 1997

Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the existence of Dolly, a female sheep who was the first mammal to have successfully been cloned from an adult cell.

February 22nd, 1983

The play Moose Murders opened and closed on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, becoming the standard of "awfulness" against which all Broadway failures are judged.

February 22nd, 1980

At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.

February 22nd, 1959

Lee Petty won the first edition of the Daytona 500, a NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Florida.

February 22nd, 1944

World War II: U.S. forces carried out a bombing raid on the Nazi-occupied Dutch city of Nijmegen, killing hundreds of civilians by accident.

February 22nd, 1921

The Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor after White Russian forces under Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (pictured) drove the Chinese out of Mongolia.

February 22nd, 1909

The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut (pictured), completed a circumnavigation of the globe.

February 22nd, 1876

The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, named after philanthropist Johns Hopkins, opened.

February 22nd, 1371

Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.

February 22nd, 1316

The Catalan forces of Ferdinand of Majorca defeated troops loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut at the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in modern-day Greece.

February 22nd, 1998

The cherry-throated tanager, a critically endangered bird which had not been definitively sighted in over a century, was rediscovered in Conceição do Castelo, Brazil.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 22nd

Same year
Born in 1779

72

Thomas Moore

Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852)

*May 28th, 1779, Dublin †February 25th, 1852, Bromham

68

Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Swedish chemist (1779–1848)

*August 20th, 1779, Väfversunda †August 7th, 1848, Adolf Fredriks parish

29

Mustafa IV

Ottoman Sultan (1779-1808)

*September 8th, 1779, Constantinople †November 17th, 1808, Constantinople

69

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

British politician (1779–1848)

*March 15th, 1779, London †November 24th, 1848, Hertfordshire

80

Carl Ritter

German geographer (1779-1859)

*August 7th, 1779, Quedlinburg †September 28th, 1859, Berlin

42

Heinrich Voß

German classical philologist and translator

*October 29th, 1779, Otterndorf †October 20th, 1822, Heidelberg

65

Joseph Story

American jurist (1779–1845); US Supreme Court justice from 1812 to 1845

*September 18th, 1779, Marblehead †September 10th, 1845, Cambridge

68

James Pattison Cockburn

British Army general and artist (1779-1847)

*March 18th, 1779, Woolwich †March 18th, 1847, Woolwich

29

Jacinto Ruiz y Mendoza

Spanish military personnel

*August 16th, 1779, Ceuta †March 13th, 1809, Trujillo

75

Jean Coralli

French ballet dancer and choreographer (1779-1854)

*January 15th, 1779, Paris †May 1st, 1854, Paris

78

Johann Schweigger

German chemist, physicist, and professor

*April 8th, 1779, Erlangen †September 6th, 1857, Halle (Saale)

65

Joseph Widmer

Swiss theologian (1779-1844)

*August 15th, 1779, Hochdorf †December 10th, 1844, Beromünster

70

Francisco Cea Bermúdez

Spanish politician and diplomat (1779-1850)

*October 28th, 1779, Málaga †July 6th, 1850, Paris

60

Isaac Chauncey

U.S. Navy Officer

*February 20th, 1779, Connecticut †January 27th, 1840, Washington, D.C.

65

Augustus Wall Callcott

British artist (1779-1844)

*February 20th, 1779, Kensington †November 2nd, 1844, Kensington

48

Josef Eisenstecken

Austrian military personnel

*April 1st, 1779, Matrei am Brenner †May 1st, 1827, Gries-Quirein

49

Thomas B. Robertson

United States federal judge (1779–1828)

*February 27th, 1779, Petersburg †October 5th, 1828, White Sulphur Springs

62

Louis de Freycinet

French navigator

*August 7th, 1779, Montélimar †August 18th, 1841, Loriol-sur-Drôme

67

Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Austrian general and Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

*March 11th, 1779, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe †December 15th, 1846, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

72

Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d’Ohsson

Swedish historian and diplomat of Armenian descent

*September 26th, 1779, Istanbul †December 25th, 1851, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 22nd

Fixed holidays (Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1779 is a normal year and no leap year.

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