February 28th, 1795

Born on February 28th, 1795

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 83,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 301 days, exactly on February 22nd, 2025, people who were born on February 28th, 1795 will be 84,000 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

Same Day
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

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

55

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

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

79

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

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

51

Pierre Fatou

French mathematician and astronomer

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

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

29

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

52

Mary Lyon

American educator

*February 28th, 1797, Buckland †March 5th, 1849, South Hadley

76

Steven Chu

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

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

Same year
Born in 1795

53

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

*November 2nd, 1795, Pineville †June 15th, 1849, Nashville

63

George Tyler Wood

2nd Governor of Texas (1795-1858)

*March 12th, 1795, Randolph County †September 3rd, 1858, Point Blank

25

John Keats

British romantic poet (1795–1821)

*October 31st, 1795, Moorgate †February 23rd, 1821, Rome

85

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

*December 4th, 1795, Ecclefechan †February 5th, 1881, London

90

Leopold von Ranke

German historian and founder of modern source-based history (1795-1886)

*December 21st, 1795, Wiehe †May 23rd, 1886, Berlin

75

Jacques Louis Randon

French military and political leader (1795–1871)

*March 25th, 1795, Grenoble †January 16th, 1871, Geneva

87

Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet

Catholic cardinal (1795-1882)

*November 16th, 1795, Bourg-Argental †December 23rd, 1882, Bordeaux

70

Gustav Harkort

German politician (1795-1865)

*March 3rd, 1795, Haus Harkorten †August 29th, 1865, Leipzig

65

Frederick William IV of Prussia

King of Prussia

*October 15th, 1795, Berlin †January 2nd, 1861, Potsdam

35

Antonio José de Sucre

Venezuelan military and politician (1795–1830)

*February 3rd, 1795, Upata †June 4th, 1830, Gran Colombia

82

Charles Beslay

French politician (1795-1878)

*July 5th, 1795, Dinan †March 30th, 1878, Neuchâtel

60

Thaddeus William Harris

United States librarian and entomologist (1795-1856)

*November 12th, 1795, Dorchester †January 16th, 1856, Cambridge

82

Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers

Marshal of France and politician (1795-1878)

*September 6th, 1795, former 1st arrondissement of Paris †June 6th, 1878, Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda

46

Thomas Arnold

English educator and historian, headmaster of Rugby School

*June 13th, 1795, Cowes †June 12th, 1842, Rugby

74

Charles Sturt

Australian explorer (1795-1869)

*April 28th, 1795, Bengal †June 16th, 1869, Cheltenham

75

Otto Wigand

German politician and publisher (1795-1870)

*August 10th, 1795, Göttingen †September 1st, 1870, Leipzig

62

Elisabetha Grossmann

(1795-1858)

*December 14th, 1795, Brienz †March 20th, 1858, Interlaken

83

Rowland Hill

English educational, social and postal reformer (1795-1879)

*December 3rd, 1795, Kidderminster †August 27th, 1879, Hampstead

55

Justus Friedrich Carl Hecker

German physician and medical writer

*January 1st, 1795, Erfurt †January 1st, 1850, Berlin

25

John William Polidori

English writer and physician

*September 7th, 1795, London †August 24th, 1821, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1795 is a normal year and no leap year.

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