February 28th, 1783

Born on February 28th, 1783

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 88,000 days old!

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What happened on February 28th?

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, 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.

February 28th, 1904

The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.

February 28th, 1897

Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by French military forces.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Born on February 28th, 1783

71

Gabriele Rossetti

Italian poet and scholar who emigrated to England

*February 28th, 1783, Vasto †April 24th, 1854, London

90

Alexis Billiet

French politician

*February 28th, 1783, Les Chapelles †April 30th, 1873, Chambéry

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Who's birthday is on February 28th?

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

42

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

93

Linus Pauling

American scientist

*February 28th, 1901, Portland †August 18th, 1994, Big Sur

43

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

67

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Brooklyn †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

79

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

*February 28th, 1740, Uhlstädt †October 11th, 1819, Grodziszcze, Ząbkowice Śląskie County

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

89

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

*February 28th, 1923, Highland Falls †December 24th, 2012, New York City

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

45

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

93

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

*February 28th, 1925, Berlin †March 3rd, 2018, Berlin

77

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

84

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

*February 28th, 1932, Burnaby †April 3rd, 2016, Toronto

85

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

51

Pierre Fatou

French mathematician and astronomer

*February 28th, 1878, Lorient †August 9th, 1929, Pornichet

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

76

Steven Chu

American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

71

Paul Krugman

American economist (born 1953)

*February 28th, 1953, Albany

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Born in 1783

47

Simón Bolívar

South American military and political leader, protagonist of the Spanish-American emancipation against the Spanish Empire (1783-1830)

*July 24th, 1783, Birthplace of Simón Bolívar †December 17th, 1830, Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino

59

Stendhal

19th century French writer

*January 23rd, 1783, Grenoble †March 23rd, 1842, Paris

76

Washington Irving

American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

*April 3rd, 1783, New York City †November 28th, 1859, Tarrytown

76

Wilhelm Pfeil

German forestry scientist

*March 28th, 1783, Friesdorf †September 4th, 1859, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój

70

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Danish painter (1783–1853)

*January 2nd, 1783, Blåkrog †July 22nd, 1853, Copenhagen

79

Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón

President of Venezuela

*January 17th, 1783, Caracas †May 6th, 1862, Guayaquil

54

Hortense de Beauharnais

Queen consort of the Netherlands

*April 10th, 1783, Paris †October 5th, 1837, Arenenberg

59

Caroline Tischbein

German drawer

*November 5th, 1783, Bad Arolsen †April 29th, 1843, Berlin

69

Vasily Zhukovsky

Russian poet (1783-1852)

*February 9th, 1783, Mishenskoye (Belevsky district) †April 24th, 1852, Baden-Baden

67

Johann Heinrich von Thünen

German economist

*June 24th, 1783, Waddewarden †September 22nd, 1850, Warnkenhagen

59

Domingo Caycedo

President of Colombia (1783-1843)

*August 4th, 1783, Bogotá †July 1st, 1843, Bogotá

75

Eugen von Maucler

German politician (1783-1859)

*May 30th, 1783, Étupes †January 28th, 1859, Ludwigsburg

59

Johann Gottfried Scheibel

German theologian

*September 16th, 1783, Wrocław †March 21st, 1843, Nuremberg

40

Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu calsonsin wachin

Liberator, Father of the Fatherland, Generalisimo and Admiral of the Mexican army and politician, Regent of the Empire, and First Constitutional Emperor of Mexico (1783-1824)

*September 27th, 1783, Morelia †July 19th, 1824, Padilla Municipality

84

Joseph Ambrosius Geritz

German bishop (1783-1867)

*January 1st, 1783, Jeziorany †January 1st, 1867, Frombork

74

Charles-Louis Havas

French journalist

*July 5th, 1783, Rouen †May 21st, 1858, Bougival

50

Johann Christian Hundeshagen

German forestry scientist and university teacher (1783-1834)

*August 10th, 1783, Hanau †February 10th, 1834, Giessen

89

María Bibiana Benítez

Puerto Rican writer

*December 10th, 1783, Aguadilla †April 18th, 1873, San Juan

64

Vicente Rocafuerte

President of the Republic of Ecuador (1834 - 1839)

*May 1st, 1783, Manta †May 16th, 1847, Lima

80

Frederic Tudor

American businessman

*September 4th, 1783, Boston †February 6th, 1864, Boston

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1783 is a normal year and no leap year.

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