February 14th, 1797

Born on February 14th, 1797

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What happened on February 14th, 1797?

February 14th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars

What else happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 14th?

33

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

40

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

82

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

96

Ernest Legouvé

French dramatist

*February 14th, 1807, Paris †March 14th, 1903, 2nd arrondissement of Paris

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

81

Peter Ahlwardt

German theologian and philosopher (1710-1791)

*February 14th, 1710, Greifswald †March 1st, 1791, Greifswald

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

56

Edmond François Valentin About

French writer and critic (1828-1885)

*February 14th, 1828, Dieuze †January 16th, 1885, rue de Douai

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

55

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

42

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

Same year
Born in 1797

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

51

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

German composer and writer

*January 10th, 1797, Burg Hülshoff †May 24th, 1848, Meersburg Castle

31

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer (1797–1828)

*January 31st, 1797, Himmelpfortgrund †November 19th, 1828, Vienna

53

Mary Shelley

British writer (1797–1851)

*August 30th, 1797, Somers Town †February 1st, 1851, Chester Square

58

Heinrich Heine

German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)

*December 13th, 1797, Düsseldorf †February 17th, 1856, Paris

71

Heinrich von Wittgenstein

German entrepreneur and politician (1797-1869)

*April 20th, 1797, Cologne †March 29th, 1869, Cologne

80

Adolphe Thiers

President of the French Republic (1797–1877)

*April 14th, 1797, Marseille †September 3rd, 1877, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

50

Gaetano Donizetti

Italian opera composer (1797–1848)

*November 29th, 1797, Bergamo †April 8th, 1848, Bergamo

80

Joseph Henry

American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian (1797-1878)

*December 17th, 1797, Albany †May 13th, 1878, Washington, D.C.

71

Mirza Ghalib

Pakistani poet (1797-1869)

*December 27th, 1797, Kala Mahal †February 15th, 1869, Ghalib ki Haveli

72

Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille

French physicist (1797-1869)

*April 22nd, 1797, Paris †December 26th, 1869, Paris

77

Charles Lyell

British geologist (1797–1875)

*November 14th, 1797, Angus †February 11th, 1875, London

90

William I, German Emperor

19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia

*March 22nd, 1797, Berlin †March 9th, 1888, Berlin

72

Henrik Hertz

Danish poet

*August 25th, 1797, Copenhagen †February 25th, 1870, Copenhagen

54

Manuel Lavalleja

Uruguayan soldier and captain (1797-1852)

*September 20th, 1797, Minas †July 9th, 1852, Salto

73

Jasper Ewing Brady

American politician

*March 4th, 1797, Sunbury †January 26th, 1871

29

Maria Leopoldina of Austria

Queen consort of Portugal and Empress consort of Brazil

*January 22nd, 1797, Vienna †December 11th, 1826, Rio de Janeiro

67

Giuditta Pasta

Italian opera singer (1798-1865)

*October 26th, 1797, Saronno †April 1st, 1865, Blevio

82

Karl Georg von Wächter

German jurist, judge and author (1797-1880)

*December 24th, 1797, Marbach am Neckar †January 15th, 1880, Leipzig

88

Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein

Prussian army officer (1797-1885)

*January 5th, 1797, Wrocław †April 6th, 1885, Dłużek, Lubusz Voivodeship

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Valentine's Day!

Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1797 is a normal year and no leap year.

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