February 28th, 1794

Born on February 28th, 1794

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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 1794

76

Jeanne Villepreux-Power

French biologist (1794-1871)

*September 25th, 1794, Juillac †January 25th, 1871, Juillac

70

James Barry

19th century British surgeon known for medical reforms and personal life

*November 30th, 1794, Cork †July 25th, 1865, London

70

Achille Valenciennes

French zoologist, ichthyologist, and malacologist

*August 9th, 1794, Paris †April 13th, 1865, Paris

86

Léon Cogniet

French painter (1794-1880)

*August 29th, 1794, Paris †November 20th, 1880, 10th arrondissement of Paris

74

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

German botanist (1794-1868)

*April 17th, 1794, Erlangen †December 13th, 1868, Munich

70

Edward Everett

American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat and orator (1794–1865)

*April 11th, 1794, Dorchester †January 15th, 1865, Boston

83

Elias Magnus Fries

Swedish biologist considered to be one of the founding fathers of the modern taxonomy of mushrooms (1794–1878)

*August 15th, 1794, Femsjö †February 8th, 1878, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

82

Cornelius Vanderbilt

American businessman and tycoon (1794–1877)

*May 27th, 1794, Staten Island †January 4th, 1877, Manhattan

71

Joseph Lebeau

Belgian politician (1794-1865)

*January 3rd, 1794, Huy †March 19th, 1865, Huy

55

René Lesson

French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist (1794-1849)

*March 20th, 1794, Rochefort †April 28th, 1849, Rochefort

75

Ignaz Moscheles

Bohemian conductor, music educator, composer and pianist (1794–1870)

*May 23rd, 1794, Prague †March 10th, 1870, Leipzig

62

Wei Yuan

Qing dynasty Chinese scholar (1794-1857)

*April 23rd, 1794, Shaoyang †March 26th, 1857, Hangzhou

69

Eilhard Mitscherlich

German chemist

*January 7th, 1794, Oldenburg †August 28th, 1863, Berlin

32

Wilhelm Müller

German poet (1794-1827)

*October 7th, 1794, Dessau †September 30th, 1827, Dessau

83

William Cullen Bryant

American romantic poet and journalist (1794-1878)

*November 3rd, 1794, Cummington †June 12th, 1878, New York City

67

Wilhelm Hensel

German painter

*July 6th, 1794, Trebbin †November 26th, 1861, Berlin

67

Alessandro Riberi

Italian politician (1794-1861)

*April 24th, 1794, Stroppo †November 18th, 1861, Cuneo

74

Gustav Friedrich Waagen

German art historian (1794–1868)

*February 11th, 1794, Hamburg †July 15th, 1868, Copenhagen

31

Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen

German princess

*January 28th, 1794, Hildburghausen †April 6th, 1825, Biebrich

58

Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan

American politician (1794-1852)

*March 31st, 1794, New Castle †July 9th, 1852, Reading

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No: With 365 days 1794 is a normal year and no leap year.

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